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Incident Date

29 March 2018

Incident Code

USYEMTr159-C

Location

العقلة, Al Uqlah, Al Bayda, Yemen
Four related civilians were reportedly killed, and at least one wounded, by a US drone strike against a vehicle in Al Mandhari village, in the Sama'a district of Bayda governorate, at around 2pm on March 29th 2018. According to Mwatana, the combatant status of the fifth man was unclear. A US Defense spokesperson initially stated…

Summary

Published
29 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military actors reported killed
3–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

8–9 March, 2018

Incident Code

USYEMTr155-C

Location

على الحدود بين مديرية خب و الشعف و مديرية العبر, At the border between Khab wa Ash Sha'f the and the Al Abr district , Hadramaut, Yemen
Six civilians, including a teenage boy, were reportedly killed by a US drone strike while driving in the border region between Al-Jawf and Hadramout governorates, at around 3pm on March 8th 2018. The Yemeni Minister of Human Rights, Mohamed Askar, condemned the attack as "extrajudicial killings". A US Central Command spokesperson later told the Long…

Summary

Published
8 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

5 March 2018

Incident Code

USYEMTr152-C

Location

الرويك, 60km from Al Ruwayk IDP Camp, Hadramaut, Yemen
A child was reported killed, and his older cousin injured, by a likely US drone strike in Al Abr, in Hadramout governorate, at around 4pm on March 5th 2018. A US Central Command spokesperson later told the Long War Journal that a strike had taken place in Hadramout on that date. CENTCOM also told the…

Summary

Published
5 March 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

26–27 January, 2018

Incident Code

USYEMTr141-C

Location

المصينعه, Al Mushainaah, Shabwa, Yemen
Five civilians and two off duty Yemen soldiers from two local families, all men, were reportedly killed by a US drone strike in or near Al Mushainaah village, in the Saeed district of Shabwa governorate, at around midnight between January 26th-27th 2018. At the time of the strike, the men were reportedly searching for a…

Summary

Published
26 January 2018
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
5–7
Military actors reported killed
7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

22 December 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr128-C

Location

يكلا‎, Close to Yakla village on road from Rada'a, Al Bayda, Yemen
A US drone strike reportedly killed one civilian in Yakla, in Bayda governorate, on December 22nd 2017, according to multiple local language sources. Tweets from news sources, including @7adramout_net, @yem_Breaking, and @yemenakhbar, suggested that the strike targeted the car of a Qat seller, killing him as he travelled through the area. No known sources suggested…

Summary

Published
22 December 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

30 November 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr123-C

Location

صرار الجشم, Sirar Jusham, Al Bayda, Yemen
Up to eight civilians and three militants, variously alleged to be ISIS or AQAP, were reportedly killed by a series of US drone strikes in or near to Sirar Jusham, Qayfa area of Al Bayda governorate, on the afternoon of November 30th 2017. A Yemeni government source told Anatolia Agency that three of four overall…

Summary

Published
30 November 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Healthcare (Ambulance), Agriculture, Residential, Vehicle
Civilians reported killed
7–8
Civilians reported injured
2
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

26 November 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr122-C

Location

قيفه, Qifah, Al Bayda, Yemen
Three ISIS militants were killed by a US strike in Al Bayda governorate on November 26th 2017, a US Central Command spokesperson told the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. This confirmed earlier reports that a US drone strike had taken place in Qayfa in Al Bayda governorate on that night. However several local sources and news…

Summary

Published
26 November 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
0–5
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

23 November 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr120-C

Location

الأحماص او محاص , يكلاء, Al Ahmas or Mahhas area, Yakla, Al Bayda, Yemen
Two civilians, including a 14-year old boy, were killed in a US drone strike in Yakla, in the Qayfa area of Bayda governorate, on the evening of November 23rd 2017, according to several reports. In an email to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, a US Central Command spokesperson confirmed that a strike took place in…

Summary

Published
23 November 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Motorcycle)
Civilians reported killed
2
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

11 November 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr115-C

Location

خبران, Khabran, Al Bayda, Yemen
Multiple sources reported that a US drone strike in Qayfa, in Bayda governorate, killed one civilian and seriously injured another on the morning of November 11th 2017.  Some other sources suggested that at least one alleged ISIS militant was killed in the strike. US Central Command later confirmed that a strike took place in Bayda…

Summary

Published
11 November 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Military actors reported killed
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

29 September 2017

Incident Code

RS2568

Location

البوليل, Al-Boleil, Deir Ezzor, Syria
As a result of multiple air raids over the town of al-Boulil on September 29th, 20 civilians were killed and dozens were wounded, according to local sources. The raids were reportedly carried out by the Russian military. Most of the deceased were seated in a bus when a rocket exploded close to it, wrecking the…

Summary

Published
29 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Residential, Vehicle (Bus)
Civilians reported killed
19–20
Civilians reported injured
12–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

14 September 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr102-C

Location

القوز, Al Qawz junction, Abyan, Yemen
A US drone strike killed at least two alleged AQAP militants on a motorcycle at Al Qawz junction, Mudiyah district of Abyan governorate, on the night of September 14th 2017. However it was also reported that a passing vehicle was damaged, causing civilian injuries. More than three years later, in response to Airwars publishing its…

Summary

Published
14 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Motorcycle)
Civilians reported injured
2
Military actors reported killed
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

9 September 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr098-C

Location

السرو ، بالقرب من قريضة, Al Saru, in the vicinity of Quraidah, Al Bayda, Yemen
Two US drone strikes in the Al Saru area of the Sama'a district in Bayda governorate, on the afternoon of September 9th 2017, reportedly killed at least one alleged AQAP militant and as many as four civilians, according to some sources. In a later email to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, a US Central Command…

Summary

Published
9 September 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Motorcycle)
Civilians reported killed
2–4
Military actors reported killed
1–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

13 August 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr096-C

Location

المرون , بالقرب من الخبر, Al Maroun, in the vicinity of Al Khabr, Abyan, Yemen
In an email to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, US Central Command stated that a strike was conducted against AQAP in Abyan governorate on August 13th 2017, confirming multiple earlier reports that at least two alleged AQAP militants were killed in at least one afternoon US drone strike in Al Maroun, in the Khabr Maraqisha…

Summary

Published
13 August 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Military actors reported killed
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

3 August 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr095-C

Location

الروضة, Al Rawda, Ma'rib, Yemen
A reported US drone strike targeted a minibus in Al Rawda neighbourhood, in the Wadi Ubaida area of Marib governorate, on the afternoon of August 3rd 2017. Several sources suggested that the strike targeted AQAP militants in the bus, killing three, though others indicated that as many as two civilians were killed and four injured,…

Summary

Published
3 August 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Military actors reported killed
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

30 April 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr081-C

Location

الجيف, Al Jayf, Ma'rib, Yemen
In an email to The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, US Central Command stated that a strike had targeted four "AQAP terrorists" in Marib governorate on April 29th 2017. This confirmed reports that a US drone strike had killed at least two alleged AQAP militants in Al Jayf area, Al Jubah district of Marib governorate, early…

Summary

Published
30 April 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Military actors reported killed
1–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

23 April 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr079-C

Location

الضلعه, Al Dhula'ah, Shabwa, Yemen
On April 24th 2017, Pentagon spokesperson Captain Jeff Davis stated that a US strike had killed eight AQAP militants in Shabwa governorate on the previous day, confirming earlier reports that an afternoon US drone strike in Al Dhula'ah, in the Al Said area, had killed eight people. Several sources reported, however, that at least three…

Summary

Published
23 April 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
Civilians reported killed
3–8
Military actors reported killed
3–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

8 March 2017

Incident Codes

CS559 RS1939

Location

البوراشد, Albu Rashed, Raqqa, Syria
In a major incident, up to 24 civilians reportedly died and 20 others were injured when an aircraft allegedly struck a vehicle just outside Al bu Rashed. Most of those killed were said to be children and women. All source blamed the Coalition, except one, which said that this was the work of Russia. Step…

Summary

Published
8 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
14–24
Civilians reported injured
20
Military actors reported killed
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military, U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date

5–6 March, 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr038-C

Location

يكلا, Yakla, Al Bayda, Yemen
Several sources reported that brothers Ahmad Abdullah Muhammad Al-Sanbahi Al-Khubezi, aged twelve, and Muhammad Abdullah Muhammad Al-Sanbahi Al-Khubezi, aged ten, were killed by a US strike in Yakla, in the Qifah area of Bayda governorate, overnight from March 5th to March 6th. According to Hunaradaa, local residents said that an older brother, Omar, survived the…

Summary

Published
5 March 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Transportation (Road), Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
2–7
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

4 March 2017

Incident Code

USYEMTr034-C

Location

الرحبة, Al Rahba near Moujan village, Abyan, Yemen
Multiple sources reported that a US drone strike killed two alleged AQAP militants travelling on a motorbike in the outskirts of Ahwar, Abyan governorate, on the evening of March 4th 2017. While there were no known initial reports of civilian harm, the Yemeni human rights group Mwatana later said that two civilian honey traders were…

Summary

Published
4 March 2017
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

10 July 2016

Incident Code

USYEM267

Location

Al-Jaboul, Ma'rib, Yemen
An alleged US drone strike hit a car in the Al-Jaboul area, east of the city of Ma'rib, Yemen on July 10, 2016 and reportedly injured up to five people, whose status as civilians/militants is contested among the sources, and killed four civilians, including children. Saba News reported that the victims were citizens, alleging that…

Summary

Published
10 July 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Residential, Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
0–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

15 November 2015

Incident Code

RS0153

Location

التمانعة, At Tamani'ah, Idlib, Syria
One woman was killed, and two men travelling with her badly injured when alleged Russian warplanes struck a car carrying displaced people on the road leading to Al Tamaanah in Idlib governorate. One of the men may later have died. Smart News has published an interview with an eyewitness: “At 09:30 this morning exactly an…

Summary

Published
15 November 2015
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Vehicle
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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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

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

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

21 April 2013

Incident Code

USYEM151-C

Location

وادي عبيدة، مَأْرِب, Wadi Abida area, Ma'rib, Yemen
An alleged US drone strike on a house in the Wadi Abida area of Ma'rib province reportedly killed two Al Qaeda militants, from Saudi Arabia and/or Egypt, and wounded up to three others, at dawn on April 21, 2013. One source reported that a woman and child were injured. An unnamed security official told AFP…

Summary

Published
21 April 2013
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Residential, Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported injured
2
Military actors reported killed
2
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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