Incident Code

USYEMTr194

Location

حدود البيضاء وشبوة, Border of Al Bayda and Shabwa, Al Bayda, Yemen

Geolocation

14.449679, 45.807386
Accuracy: Province/governorate

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: December 15, 2024

(Previous Incident Code: YEM322c)

A US airstrike took place in Bayda governorate on March 28th 2019, a US Central Command spokesperson later told New America – one of six declared strikes that month.

One local source, Huna Al-Bayda, reported that “three senior al Qaeda leaders were killed in an [US] airstrike by a drone on the border between al-Bayda and Shabwa. The sources confirmed that among the three killed was a local leader named Mohammed al-Mantheri, the brother of al-Qaeda’s emir in al-Suma’a in al-Bayda province.”

Since there were no other known reported US strikes on March 28th, this event is treated as declared. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm.

Key Information

Country
Military Actor
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Strike Status
Declared strike
Civilian Harm Reported
No
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Geolocation Notes

Reports of the incident mention an unspecified area being struck along the border of Al Bayda (البيضاء) and Shabwa (شبوه) governorates. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further. The generic coordinates for this area are: 14.449679, 45.807386.

Reports of the incident mention an unspecified area being struck along the border of Al Bayda (البيضاء) and Shabwa (شبوه) governorates.

Imagery: Google Earth

Military Statements

U.S. Forces Assessment
Known belligerent
U.S. Forces
U.S. Forces position on incident
Not yet assessed
U.S. Forces Strike Report
Our Yemen strikes data has been updated for individualized dates after CENTCOM responded to an inquiry on the eight strikes in 2019. Strikes were as follows: 1/1, 1/21, 3/25, 3/25, 3/26, 3/28, 3/29, and 3/29. All but 1/1 in al Bayda'

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