Airwars assessment
Some sources reported that US naval strikes targeted alleged AQAP targets in Hanad, in the Ahwar region of Abyan governorate, overnight from March 30th to March 31st. There were no known reports of civilian or militant harm.
Multiple sources indicated that fire from warships off the Abyan coast also targeted various AQAP sites in the mountainous Al Maraqisha area, including Mojan and Al Maroun, from March 29th to March 31st. Images of alleged US illumination shells were posted on social media the day after reported overnight March 29th to March 30th strikes.
This claimed event took place amid a dramatic intensification of US operations against AQAP in March 2017. On April 3rd, Pentagon spokesperson Captain Jeff Davis said that, from February 28th to the final week of March, some fifty US airstrikes were conducted in Yemen.
The incident occured during the night.
Summary
Sources (8) [ collapse]
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the village of Hanad (حناذ), for which the coordinates are: 13.4720871, 46.6633046. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.