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June 13, 2012
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عزان, Azzan, Shabwa, YemenBetween 27 and 40 militants were reported to have been killed and “dozens” others were injured in a series of alleged U.S. drone strikes or Yemeni airstrikes in and around the town of Azzan in Shabwa governorate on the morning of the 13th of June, 2012. However, a a spokesperson for Ansar al-Sharia alleged that
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June 11, 2012
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جعار, Ja'ar, Abyan, YemenBetween 12 and 16 Al Qaeda fighters were killed in a suspected US or Yemeni airstrike or ground operation on Jaar, Abyan on June 11, 2012, local media reported. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. Reuters cited a Yemeni military official who said that “the army launched its most serious assault on
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June 11, 2012
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جعار, Outskirts of Ja'ar, Abyan, YemenIn this single-source event, Xinhua reported that three alleged senior Al Qaeda militants were killed in an airstrike on their vehicle in Jaar on June 11, 2012, attributing the strike to Yemeni “warplanes.” There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. They were killed “while they were moving to oversee the fighting with army troops
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June 7, 2012
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جعار, Desert road between Ja'ar and Zinjibar, Abyan, YemenOn June 7th 2012, there were reports that Yemeni or US warplanes conducted an airstrike against a vehicle carrying suspected Al Qaeda militants on the desert road between Ja’ar and Zinjibar in Abyan province. According to anonymous officials and an anonymous military source speaking to local and international media, three to five of the passengers
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June 7, 2012
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مودية, Eastern parts of Mudiya, Abyan, YemenTwo Al Qaeda commanders were killed and seven other militants were injured by a Yemeni airstrike “while they were inspecting a checkpoint” in Moudia, Abyan on June 7, 2012. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. According to @taizcity, the strikes were carried out by helicopters (but did not attribute them to the
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June 1, 2012
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المحفد, Eastern part of Mahfad, Abyan, YemenAlleged US drone strikes killed up to 12 Al Qaeda militants in a compound used for communications and meetings in the eastern part of the al-Mahfad area located in Abyan Province the evening of the 1st of June 2012. There are currently no reports of civilian harm. Albashayer and CNN cited the lowest death toll
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May 28, 2012
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مديرية بروم ميفع, 60 km west of Mukkala, Brom Mayfa district, Abyan, YemenBetween four and seven Al Qaeda militants were killed in an alleged US drone strike conducted against a car travelling on a coastal road between the towns of Azzan and Mukalla in the Brom Mayfa district in Hadhramout governorate on the 28th of May, 2012. Mareb Press reported that “a U.S. drone killed five Al
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May 28, 2012
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المناسح, Manaseh, Al Bayda, YemenTwo civilians were reported killed in an alleged US drone strike in the vicinity of the village of Manaseh, close to the town of Rada’a in al-Baydah province during the afternoon of the 28th May, 2012. Between one and five militants linked to Al Qaeda were also reported to have been killed in the strike
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May 27, 2012
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جعار, West of Ja'ar, Abyan, YemenIn a night of battles and strikes on Jaar, Abyan province, a bomb hit a factory on May 27, 2012, reportedly killing several Al Qaeda militants. Of the deceased, up to seven militants were allegedly killed by airstrike whilst up to 15 militants were killed in fights on the ground. Ennahar Online recorded one civilian
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May 27, 2012
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جعار, Ja'ar, Abyan, YemenIn a second reported strike in Jaar on May 27th 2012, a house allegedly used as a meeting place by AQAP militants was “pounded” by warplanes, reported Xinhua. Ten alleged AQAP fighters were killed including two local leaders according to a tribal chief. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. Xinhua did not
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May 27, 2012
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الحرور, Harur, Abyan, YemenIn a third strike on May 27th 2012 in the Abyan province, a pick-up truck was reportedly destroyed in Harur near Jaar. Six alleged Al Qaeda militants were killed whilst travelling in the car, and there were no survivors, as reported by Xinhua. Yemeni airplanes were named as the suspected culprit. However, reporting during the
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May 20, 2012
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جعار, Ja'ar, Abyan, YemenA factory reportedly used by Al Qaeda for weapon storage to the north of Jaar was targeted in an alleged Yemeni airstrike as fighting in the city continued, sources reported, adding that up to 14 Al Qaeda militants were killed in the battle, with between nine and 13 killed by the airstrike, on May 20,
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May 19, 2012
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ٱلْبَيْضَاء, Bayda, Al Bayda, YemenA second alleged US drone strike on May 19th 2012 around noon destroyed a vehicle in the southern province of Bayda, killing two militants, international and local media reported. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. The attack killed the two occupants according to provincial governor Mohammed al Ameri who told the defense
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May 19, 2012
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جعار, Rabwa, western entrance to Ja’ar, Abyan, YemenBetween three and five militants were killed as suspected Yemeni Air Force/US warplanes struck Jaar, Abyan on May 19, 2012, international and local media reported. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. As fighting between government and insurgent forces continued in the south of Yemen, sources reported that “dozens” of Al Qaeda militants
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May 18, 2012
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شقرة, Shaqra, Abyan, YemenThree Al Qaeda members were killed and six others were wounded by alleged US or Yemeni airstrikes on the town of Shaqra on May 17, 2012. There were no reports of civilian harm. Yemen News Network tweeted from @YemenNews that warplanes struck two tanks captured by Al Qaeda in Arquob, west of Shaqra. The warplanes
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May 16, 2012
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سيئون, شبام, Between Sayoun and Shibam, Hadramaut, YemenAt 12:45am on May 17th 2012, an alleged unmanned US drone struck a convoy of two cars along the highway from Sayoun to Shibam alongside a lake opposite the radio station of the Thabit / Shibam area, killing two to three alleged Al Qaeda militants and killing one civilian, Moteei Mohsin Bel-Ala. Locals had sighted
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May 17, 2012
LOCATION
شقرة, Shaqra, Abyan, YemenOn May 17th 2012, at an Al Qaeda checkpoint in the town of Shaqra in the Abyan Province, a suspected US drone-fired missile or Yemeni air strike hit two cars killing between three and eight alleged Al Qaeda militants and up to two civilians, in addition to wounding others, according to local officials and residents,
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May 16, 2012
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جبل يسوف, Jabal (Mount) Yasuf, Abyan, YemenOn the afternoon of May 16th 2012 in Jabal (Mount) Yasuf in the Abyan province, Yemen, 16 militants, allegedly members of Al Qaeda, were killed and between five and 14 others were injured in two airstrikes allegedly orchestrated by the Yemeni air force and carried out by Yemeni fighter jets with possible assistance from the
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May 15, 2012
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جعار, Ja'ar, Abyan, YemenBetween 13 and 26 civilians – 14 of whom were named – died and 21 other civilians were injured in two or more alleged US, Yemeni, or Saudi airstrikes on the same location in Jaar on May 15, 2012, according to sources. An additional three to 25 AQAP members were also killed in the strikes.
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May 14, 2012
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شُقرة, Shaqra, Abyan, YemenAn alleged US or Yemeni airstrike, naval bombardment, or drone strike killed 10 militants in an Al Qaeda hideout 70 kilometers away from Zinjibar in Shaqra, a southern town in the province of Abyan. There are currently no reports of civilian harm. The Associated Press reported Yemeni warplanes bombed an Al Qaeda hideout 70km from
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May 14, 2012
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لودر, Lawdar, Abyan, YemenA moving vehicle was struck by missiles that were fired near Lawdar town in the province of Abyan on the 14th of May 2012. Six “militants” perished in the strike which was allegedly carried out by a Yemeni or US aircraft. There are no reports of civilian harm at this moment. Officials reported anonymously to
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May 14, 2012
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جعار, Ja'ar, Abyan, YemenIn a third incident occurring on the 14th of May 2012, two children were wounded by alleged Yemeni warplane strike in Ja’ar in Abyan Province. A military official told AP that a warplane missed its target and accidentally struck civilians, leaving two children wounded. AP was the only source to report on this incident, and
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May 12, 2012
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حريب, Desert road in Harib district, Ma'rib, YemenSix to seven militants were killed in an alleged US drone strike which destroyed one vehicle as it travelled as part of a three vehicle convoy along a desert road from Shabwa to Marib on the 12th of May, 2012. Al-Masdar Online reported that local residents had claimed that “the airstrike took place in the
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May 12, 2012
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عين, Al Ain district, Shabwa, YemenA possible third US drone strike on May 12th 2012 struck an alleged al Qaeda hideout in Al-Aeen area in central Shabwa, killing at least six militants, reports said. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. A local security official told Xinhua about the incident and claimed it was a U.S. drone strike.
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May 12, 2012
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حصون آل جلال, Hosoon, Ma'rib, YemenBetween three and eight Al Qaeda militants were killed and others were wounded in a reported US drone strike near the village of Hosoon, close to the city of Marib on the 12th of May, 2012. The attack came just 30 minutes after another airstrike (USYEM077-B) in the east of Wadi Harib district, close to
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May 9, 2012
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جعار, Ja'ar, Abyan, YemenAn array of news organizations, military sources, and local witnesses have described an attack by a suspected American drone that killed between five and eight members of Al Qaeda in Jaar in the Abyan governate, located in southern Yemen, between May 9 and May 10, 2012. A local source described hearing three explosions around midnight,
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May 10, 2012
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شُقرة, Shaqra, Abyan, YemenA series of three alleged US bombing raids killed at least two militants and destroyed numerous vehicles in the in the Shakra area on May 10, 2022. There were no reports of civilian harm. According to almotamar.net, the Al Qaeda site in the Shakra area that was struck in the air strikes was used to
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May 10, 2012
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جعار, Ja'ar, Abyan, YemenAn airstrike hit Jaar in mid-May of 2012, killing five Al Qaeda militants. The strike hit a house local people said was being rented by Ansar al Sharia militants. Neighbour Adnan Ahmed Saleh told NPR: ‘I got back inside, closed the door, and then the first rocket hit’. The house next door to his was
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May 6, 2012
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وادي رفض, Wadi Al Abyadh, Rafd valley, Shabwa, YemenOn the 6th of May 2012 at approximately 5:30pm local time a drone strike, allegedly carried out by the CIA, killed up to six people, including one civilian, in Wadi Al Abyadh in Shabwa governorate. A drone struck and killed Fahd al-Qasaa (37) along with at least one more individual in the Shabwa governorate of
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May 2, 2012
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جعار, North of the town Ja'ar, Khanfir district, Abyan, YemenBetween 10 and 15 militants linked to Al Qaeda were killed in an alleged Yemeni airstrike or US drone strike just north of the town of Jaar on the 2nd of May, 2012. Whilst Xinhua stated a local resident had claimed that 10 militants in total had been killed in the airstrike, CNN reported that