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Incident Date

11 March 2012

Incident Code

USYEM049-B

Location

جبل خنفر, Mount (Jabal) Khanfar, Ja'ar, Abyan, Yemen
An air attack by the US and/or Yemen on a militant-occupied factory where arms were allegedly stored killed three to seven belligerents near Ja’ar the evening of March 11, 2012. Ansar al Sharia, along with other sources, said that US drones carried out the early evening strike, with up to five drones reportedly taking part.…

Summary

Published
11 March 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
3–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

10 March 2012

Incident Code

USYEM048-B

Location

جعار, Ja'ar, Abyan, Yemen
Alleged US airstrikes or Yemeni airstrikes in Jaar and Zinjibar on May 10, 2012 reportedly killed up to 24 alleged militants and nine others were injured, with some sources reporting possible civilian casualties. Although initially reported as the work of the Yemen Air Force, a senior Yemen government official told CNN that the attacks were…

Summary

Published
10 March 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
20–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

9 March 2012

Incident Code

USYEM047-C

Location

المخنق, Al Makhnaq, Al Zahir district, Al Bayda, Yemen
Ten to 43 suspected militants were reported killed in a drone strike at 9:15pm on al Bayda, Yemen, March 9th, 2012. Yet in interviews, human rights activists and victims’ relatives said "many" of the dead were civilians, not fighters, with at least two named civilian victims and a report of a child killed. As many…

Summary

Published
9 March 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
2–10
Civilians reported injured
0–55
Military actors reported killed
10–43
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

30–31 January, 2012

Incident Code

USYEM046-B

Location

الخديرة, Awadh Abd Al Nabi school in the village Al Khadira, Abyan, Yemen
Between three and 15 Al Qaeda members were killed and up to 15 others were injured in confirmed US airstrikes conducted by a mix of drones and manned aircrafts under the US Department of Defence’s control on Awadh Abd Al Nabi school in the village Al Khadira on January 31, 2012. There were no known…

Summary

Published
31 January 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Education
Military actors reported killed
3–15
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

22 December 2011

Incident Code

USYEM045-B

Location

زنجبار‎, Zinjibar, Abyan, Yemen
Up to five people, allegedly members of Al Qaeda, were killed in an alleged US drone strike or naval shelling on an extremist site in Bagdar neighborhood in the city of Zinjibar, the capital of Abyan province in southern Yemen on the evening of December 22nd, 2011 according to local sources and news outlets. One…

Summary

Published
22 December 2011
Strike Type
Naval bombardment, Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

8 November 2011

Incident Code

USYEM044-N

Location

الرميلة, Rumeila, north of Ja’ar, Abyan, Yemen
The militant stronghold of Rumeila was targeted by "five US drone strikes," according to an unnamed Yemeni official based in Jaar. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. According to AFP: "Meanwhile, Rumeila, north of Jaar, which itself is an Al-Qaeda stronghold, was also targeted Tuesday by 'five US drone strikes,' the same…

Summary

Published
8 November 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

27 October 2011

Incident Code

USYEM043-B

Location

شقرة, Shaqra, Abyan, Yemen
Three militants, reportedly members of Al Qaeda, were killed and six more wounded in a suspected US airstrike or drone strike on Shaqra, east of Zinjibar, on October 27th, 2011, sources said. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. The strike reportedly hit alleged militants in Shaqra, east of Zinjibar, the provincial capital…

Summary

Published
27 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Military actors reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

14 October 2011

Incident Code

USYEM041-C

Location

عزان, Azzan, Shabwa, Yemen
A series of up to six confirmed US drone and/or airstrikes across Azzan killed up to 24 people, including two children, on October 14, 2011. The others killed were reportedly Al Qaeda militants. In the first of several attacks on this day, a drone attack struck a house in the Azan district of Shabwa, targeting…

Summary

Published
14 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle, Residential (House), Commerce
Civilians reported killed
2
Military actors reported killed
5–22
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

14 October 2011

Incident Code

USYEM042-C

Location

حريب, Harib district, Ma'rib, Yemen
Saleh Qaid Toayman and his 14-year-old son Jalal were reportedly killed in an alleged overnight US airstrike in Azzan on October 14, 2011, according to local reports. Saleh and Jalal were grazing camels "in an area known to be controlled by Al Qaeda,’" and had then slept by a mosque, according to Toayman’s 15-year-old son Azzedine,…

Summary

Published
14 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

5 October 2011

Incident Code

USYEM040-B

Location

زنجبار‎, Al Arqoub, east of Zinjibar, Abyan, Yemen
Between five and 10 militants, reportedly members of Al Qaeda, were killed and seven more were wounded in a US strike or strikes on Arqoub, east of Zinjibar on October 5, 2011, sources said. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. The strike reportedly targeted alleged militant hideouts in al Arqoub, east of…

Summary

Published
5 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
5–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

30 September 2011

Incident Code

USYEM039-B

Location

الجوف, Jawf, Al Jawf, Yemen
Four AQAP militants were killed in a confirmed CIA drone strike on Jawf, reports said. There are currently no reports of civilian harm from this strike. Anwar al Awlaki, the US-born cleric, apparently became the first US citizen to be deliberately killed by the CIA in a drone strike, part of Operation Troy. The attack…

Summary

Published
30 September 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

21 September 2011

Incident Code

USYEM037-B

Location

المحفد, Al Mahfed, Abyan, Yemen
On 21 September, 2011, alleged US airstrikes on the town of Al-Mahfad were said to have killed four suspected AQAP militants, according to numerous sources. Initial claims that high-profile Al Qaeda officials such as Anwar al-Awlaki, Fahd al-Quso and Said al-Shihri may have been present and killed in the strike were later proven false. There…

Summary

Published
21 September 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

21 September 2011

Incident Code

USYEM038-B

Location

شقرة, Shaqra, Abyan, Yemen
On September 21 2011, alleged US airstrikes on the town of Shaqra in Yemen’s southern Abyan province killed six to seven alleged AQAP militants. One outlet, AFP, stated that three alleged militants were injured in the strike. There are no reported cases of civilian harm. Aden Online and Long War Journal put the number of…

Summary

Published
21 September 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
6–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

9 September 2011

Incident Code

USYEM036-C

Location

جعار, Jaar, Abyan, Yemen
A single source, @AdenHurra, reported that "a number of civilians were killed and wounded after warplanes bombed the city of Jaar", adding that the bombing occurred in the "outskirts of the city". It is unknown whether Yemeni forces, US forces, or another belligerent, were to be blamed for this incident. There is no other information available…

Summary

Published
9 September 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

7 September 2011

Incident Code

USYEM035-B

Location

المحفد, Al Mahfed, Abyan, Yemen
An alleged US Predator drone strike struck a makeshift Al Qaeda checkpoint in Mihfed, Abyan Province killing up to 10 members of Al Qaeda and wounding as many as dozens more. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. AFP reported that a local security official said that the US drone strike had killed…

Summary

Published
7 September 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Education
Military actors reported killed
3–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

5 September 2011

Incident Code

USYEM034-C

Location

مدرسة الفاروق الثانوية في جعار, Al-Farouq high school, Jaar, Abyan, Yemen
At least one civilian, a child, was killed and four others, including two children, were injured in the alleged US drone strike or Yemeni airstrike that hit the Al-Farouq High School in Ja´ar Abyan Province on the 5th of September 2011. Wafaa Mohammed Ahmed al-Hamza (8 years old) was killed and her father Mohammed Ahmed…

Summary

Published
5 September 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

5 September 2011

Incident Code

USYEM032-C

Location

مسجد جعار الكبير, Jaar Grand Mosque, Abyan, Yemen
Up to seven civilians were killed and three to five others, including a child, were injured in alleged Yemeni or US airstrikes against the Grand Mosque in Jaar on the 5th of September, 2011. Civilians Jaber Qassem Salem (72), Hazza Ahmed Atta Baheb, Haidara Mohsen Ali al-Abidi were killed and Omar Qassem (11) among other…

Summary

Published
5 September 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Religious (Mosque)
Civilians reported killed
4–7
Civilians reported injured
3–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

5 September 2011

Incident Code

USYEM033-C

Location

مشفى الرازي في جعار, Al-Razi Hospital, Jaar, Abyan, Yemen
Dozens of Al Qaeda linked militants were killed and injured during an alleged airstrike conducted by the Yemeni armed forces targeting the al-Razi hospital in Jaar on September 5th, 2011. Up to two civilians may have been killed in this attack. AFP quoted a medical official in Al-Razi hospital in Jaar, who confirmed the toll…

Summary

Published
5 September 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Healthcare (Hospital)
Civilians reported injured
0–2
Military actors reported killed
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

2 September 2011

Incident Code

YEMYEM004

Location

الكود, Al Kud, Abyan, Yemen
At least four people, three women and a man, were killed in alleged Yemeni strikes on Al-Kud on September 2, 2011. On the second of September, a tweet from @YemenLatestNews reported that four people from the same family were killed as part of a Yemeni airstrike against suspected Al Qaeda operatives. Barakish.net also reported that…

Summary

Published
2 September 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential
Civilians reported killed
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Yemeni Air Force
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Incident Date

31 August–1 September, 2011

Incident Code

USYEM030-B

Location

أبين, Abyan, Abyan, Yemen
US airstrikes killed up to 33 militants, with no civilian harm reported in Abyan province between August 31 2011 to September 1 2011. Multiple sources claimed the militants killed in the alleged airstrike were Al Qaeda militants. Some sources reported the alleged strike was carried out by Yemeni air force warplanes, however others claim it…

Summary

Published
31 August 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
20–33
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

25 August 2011

Incident Code

USYEM029-B

Location

وادي حسان, Wadi Hassan, Abyan, Yemen
An alleged US drone strike that took place on Wadi Hassan, south Zinjibar was reported to kill up to eight militants, with no civilian harm reported, on August 25th 2011. Eight suspected Al Qaeda-linked militants were killed in the airstrike. Multiple sources named a local Al Qaeda leader Abu Jaber al Sanaai as killed in…

Summary

Published
25 August 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

24 August 2011

Incident Code

YEMYEM003

Location

زنجبار‎, Zinjibar, Abyan, Yemen
On Aug. 24, 2011, multiple news outlets reported that airstrikes by the Yemeni government killed 30-40 suspected Al Qaeda militants in the town of Zinjibar, located in the province of Abyan. While there are no reported cases of civilian harm, estimates vary on the number of suspected militants killed in the strike. The Associated Press…

Summary

Published
24 August 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
30–40
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Yemeni Air Force
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Incident Date

24 August 2011

Incident Code

USYEM028-B

Location

العرقوب), Al Arqoub, Abyan, Yemen
On Aug. 24, 2011, numerous outlets such as the Associated Press, AFP, and CNN reported that between four and six suspected Al Qaeda militants were killed and others were wounded in alleged Yemeni or US strikes in the area of Arkoub in Yemen’s Abyan province, which was overrun by Al Qaeda in May 2011. There…

Summary

Published
24 August 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
4–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

1 August 2011

Incident Code

USYEM026-B

Location

مديرية زنجبار, Al-Khamila, Abyan, Yemen
Three drone strikes taking place on August 1st 2011, allegedly by US drones or Yemeni airplanes, killed up to 16 suspected Al Qaeda fighters and wounded up to 32 others in various areas of Zinjibar according to military officials. One report stated that the drones were acting in conjunction with the Yemeni government, but the…

Summary

Published
1 August 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
13–16
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces, Yemeni Air Force
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Incident Date

29 July 2011

Incident Code

USYEM025-B

Location

زنجبار, Zinjibar, Abyan, Yemen
Between five and 14 militants were killed and 50 others were wounded in alleged US or Yemeni airstrikes or drone strikes on the city of Zinjibar on July 29, 2011. In a tweet from @YusraAIA, Yemeni aircraft were identified as being used as “camouflage” to cover up U.S. drone strikes. According to @FADHLESAY, fourteen people…

Summary

Published
29 July 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
5–14
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

27 July 2011

Incident Code

USYEM024-B

Location

مديرية زنجبار, Karadeef, Zinjibar, Abyan, Yemen
An alleged US airstrike that took place on Karadeef in West Zinjibar was reported to have killed five militants and injured two others, with no civilian harm reported, on July 27th 2011. Xinhua news quoted a local official who said that five AQAP militants, including a field commander, were killed by a US drone strike…

Summary

Published
27 July 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

14 July 2011

Incident Code

USYEM023-N

Location

بين زنجبار‎ و شقرة, Between Zinjibar and Shaqra, Abyan, Yemen
An airstrike on a car targeted Fahd al Qusaa, also known as Quso, an al Qaeda leader and suspect in the USS Cole bombing. It was a US attack, according to the New York Times quoting an AQAP representative. He claimed that Qusaa had left the car minutes earlier and was unharmed. According to the Long War Journal,…

Summary

Published
14 July 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

14 July 2011

Incident Code

USYEM022-C

Location

مديرية الوضيع, Wadi’a district , Abyan, Yemen
Initial reports of a US or Yemeni bombing raid upon a police station in Wadi’a district on July 14, 2011 may have resulted in as many as fifty people killed, with as many as thirty civilians among the deceased. Militants were also killed and injured, though there was huge variation in the numbers reported, which…

Summary

Published
14 July 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Emergency Services (Police Station)
Civilians reported killed
8–30
Military actors reported killed
6–50
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

5 July 2011

Incident Code

USYEM021-C

Location

جعار, Jaar, Abyan, Yemen
Between two and six civilians were killed and up to seven others were injured in alleged Yemeni or US airstrikes on Ja’ar on July 5, 2011. Four militants were also reportedly killed. The numbers of dead and wounded varied, as @NoonArabia tweeted that three civilians were killed and seven people were wounded. According to @AdenLang,…

Summary

Published
5 July 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Residential, Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
2–6
Civilians reported injured
4–7
Military actors reported killed
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Yemeni Air Force, U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

21 June 2011

Incident Code

USYEM020-C

Location

جامع حمزة في جعار, Hamza Mosque, Jaar, Abyan, Yemen
Up to seven people were killed and four others were wounded in US airstrikes or drone strikes on Hamzah Mosque in Ja’ar on June 21, 2011. At least two of the people killed were identified as possibly being militants. @YemNews1 tweeted that four people were killed when Yemeni warplanes bombed the Hamzah mosque in the…

Summary

Published
21 June 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Religious (Mosque), Residential, Commerce (Shop)
Civilians reported killed
2–7
Civilians reported injured
4
Military actors reported killed
0–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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