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Incident Date
5 October 2015
Incident Code
USYEM239d
Location
Yemen, Yemen
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reported that during the funeral for two people killed two days earlier (documented in USYEM239c), another drone strike killed two others on October 5, 2016. OHCHR attributed the drone strike to the US Air Force, in cooperation with the Government of Yemen. A…
Summary
Published
20 May 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
3 October 2015
Incident Code
USYEM239c
Location
مَأْرِب, Ma'rib, Yemen
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reported that according to "reports received", two internally displaced persons from Jawf were killed by a drone attack in eastern Ma'rib on October 3, 2015. OHCHR attributed the drone strike to the US Air Force, in cooperation with the Government of Yemen. There…
Summary
Published
20 May 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
26 January 2015
Incident Code
USYEM207
Location
حريب، شبوة, Harib district, Shabwa, Yemen
At least one civilian, a child, was killed by alleged US drone strikes on a vehicle traveling in the Harib district of Shabwa governorate of Yemen on January 26, 2015. Sources said the victims died when a drone struck the vehicle they were travelling in central-southern Yemen. The combatant status of one of the victims…
Summary
Published
26 January 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Military actors reported killed
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
6 December 2014
Incident Code
USYEM205
Location
نصاب, Nisab District, Shabwa Governorate, Yemen
During the morning of the 6th December 2014, the US confirmed that it conducted a joint airdrop operation with Yemeni special forces, a ground attack by marines and a bombardment to attempt a hostage rescue which resulted in the death of two of the hostages, reportedly at the hands of the al-Qaeda militants, along with…
Summary
Published
6 December 2014
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
),
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
8
Military actors reported killed
2–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
19 April 2014
Incident Code
USYEM184
Location
مديرية الصومعة، ٱلْبَيْضَاء, As Sawma'ah District, Al Bayda, Yemen
On Saturday, 19th April 2014, at 6 am, a drone strike hit a open-air Toyota Land Cruiser carrying armed men suspected of being AQAP militants and a second strike hit a nearby Toyota Hilux carrying 12 construction workers. The cars were traveling in the Hazmieh area of As Sawma'ah near the Al-Jorroh family project. The…
Summary
Published
19 April 2014
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
(
Car
)
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
9
Military actors reported killed
9–20
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
15 January 2014
Incident Code
USYEM173
Location
شبام, Shibam, Hadhramout, Yemen
At 10 in the evening on the 14th/15th of January 2014, an alleged US drone strike reportedly killed a farmer and/or an al-Qaeda member, and injured two other al-Qaeda members, close to the city of Shibam in Hadramout Province, Yemen. The identity of those harmed by the airstrike is disputed. Al Hayat reported that Abdul…
Summary
Published
15 January 2014
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
12 December 2013
Incident Code
USYEM177-C
Location
ٱلْبَيْضَاء, Al-Bayda Governorate, Yemen
On Thursday 12th December 2013, at around 4:30 in the afternoon, an alleged US drone launched between two to four missiles at a wedding procession which killed between 11 to 18 civilians and injured between seven to 110 in Radaa in al-Durrah, al Bayda, Yemen. The wedding convoy was reportedly returning from Al-Basier in the…
Summary
Published
12 December 2013
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
(
Car
,
Truck
)
Civilians reported killed
11–15
Civilians reported injured
7–110
Military actors reported killed
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
7–8 August, 2013
Incident Code
USYEM165-C
Location
عرق ال شبوان، وادي عبيدة، مَأْرِب, Erq al-Shabwan, Wadi Obeida District, Ma'rib, Yemen
Up to nine people, including as many as three civilians, among them two teenagers (16 years old and 17/18 years old), were reportedly killed in an alleged US drone strike that took place in Erq al-Shabwan, within the Wadi Obeida district of the Ma’rib governorate on August 7/8, 2013. At dawn on August 8, security…
Summary
Published
8 August 2013
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
(
Car
)
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Military actors reported killed
3–9
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
1 August 2013
Incident Code
USYEM162-C
Location
بالقرب من قطن, Vicinity of Al-Qatn, Hadhramout, Yemen
Up to five people were killed and three others were injured following alleged US drone strikes on a moving vehicle in Qatan Valley, Hadhramout province at 3:15am on the 1st of August 2013. There was contention in reporting on the number and status of those killed. Some sources reported that all those killed were AQAP.…
Summary
Published
1 August 2013
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
(
Truck
)
Civilians reported killed
2–5
Civilians reported injured
3
Military actors reported killed
0–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
9 June 2013
Incident Code
USYEM159-C
Location
خب و الشعف، الجوف, Khabb wa ash Sha’af District, Al-Jawf, Yemen
Between two and seven people, including one child and multiple Al Qaeda militants, were killed and another child was injured in an alleged US drone strike that launched four to five missiles hitting a vehicle in Al Mahashma or Khabb wa ash Sha’af in Al-Jawf Province around noon on June 9th, 2013. The lowest death…
Summary
Published
9 June 2013
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Agriculture
,
Vehicle
(
Car
)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military actors reported killed
1–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
20 May 2013
Incident Code
USYEM155-C
Location
رداع, Rada'a, Al Bayda, Yemen
On May 20th 2013, two young men were killed on a motorcycle in an alleged US drone strike in Rada’a, Bayda’ province. Sources are conflicted as to whether the two men killed were members of Al Qaeda or civilians. Nashwan News reported that the two men were killed at dawn after leaving a farm in…
Summary
Published
20 May 2013
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
(
Motorcycle
)
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Military actors reported killed
0–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
17–18 May, 2013
Incident Code
USYEM153-C
Location
المحفد، أبين, Al-Mahfad District, Abyan Governorate, Yemen
On May 18th, 2013 a drone reportedly launched three airstrikes in Abyan province overnight. The second of the three strikes hit the Al-Hada area in Al-Mahfad district and six people were reported injured without specifying if those injured were militants or civilians. A CNN report, also published by Mareb Press, was the only source found…
Summary
Published
18 May 2013
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported injured
0–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
17 April 2013
Incident Code
USYEM150-C
Location
وصاب العالي, Wessab al Ali District, Dhamar, Yemen
Up to four civilians were killed in an alleged U.S drone strike in Wessab al Ali on the 17th of April 2013. However there is some discrepancy in earlier reports which alleged all killed were militants. A suspected Al Qaeda leader Hamid al Radami (aka Hammed al Masea Meftah, Hamed Radman, Hamid Radman al Manea,…
Summary
Published
17 April 2013
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Residential
,
Vehicle
(
Car
)
Civilians reported killed
0–4
Military actors reported killed
0–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
23 January 2013
Incident Code
USYEM148-C
Location
خولان, Khawlan, Sanaa, Yemen
On January 23, 2013, at least two civilians were killed by alleged U.S. drone attacks in central Sanaa province. Between two and five militants were also killed in the strike. In the immediate aftermath Yemeni media named five of the dead as: Salem Mohsen Jamel, Ali Mohammed Jamel, Mohsem Mohsen Jamel and Al Nashiri. Rabee…
Summary
Published
23 January 2013
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
(
Car
)
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Military actors reported killed
2–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
23 January 2013
Incident Code
USYEM149-C
Location
Wald Rabi' District, Bayda Governorate, Yemen
A second possible drone strike on January 23, 2013 killed between two and four militants, with some sources noting that two children were killed and seven other civilians, including two children and a woman, were injured. The Los Angeles Times reported the strike hit two motorcycles – its intended target – and killing the alleged…
Summary
Published
23 January 2013
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Residential
,
Vehicle
(
Motorcycle
)
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
7
Military actors reported killed
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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