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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

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

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

6 October 2016

Incident Codes

CS329 RS1417

Location

جسر السياسية, Al Siassah Bridge [exact location], Deir Ezzor, Syria
On Thursday, October 6, 2016, one civilian was killed and several others were injured when warplanes bombed Al-Siassah bridge over the Euphrates river in Deir Ez-Zawr, in eastern Syria. Reports cited both Coalition and Russian forces, although CENTCOM reported the destruction of two supply routes in Deir Ezzor for October 5th-6th. Sham News Network reported…

Summary

Published
6 October 2016
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military, U.S.-led Coalition
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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

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

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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Incident Date

19 January 2013

Incident Code

USYEM144-C

Location

وادي عبيدة, Wadi Obeida, Ma'rib, Yemen
A suspected US drone strike in Wadi Obeida, Ma’rib governorate on January 19th 2013 between 11 o’clock at night and midnight killed up to four civilians, with conflicting reports that in fact up to six Al Qaeda militants were killed. According to Mareb Press, the strike hit and destroyed a vehicle that Al Qaeda seized…

Summary

Published
19 January 2013
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
Civilians reported killed
0–4
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

28 December 2012

Incident Code

USYEM138-C

Location

شحير, Near the hospital in Shoheer, Hadramaut, Yemen
On the evening of December 28, 2012, an alleged US drone strike fired missiles at a moving motorcycle killed between two to four alleged AQAP militants near the town of Shaher, near the site of a strike four days earlier. An investigation by an NGO revealed that a 10 year old child was also wounded.…

Summary

Published
28 December 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Motorcycle)
Civilians reported injured
1
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

24 December 2012

Incident Code

USYEM137-C

Location

ملعب نادي وحدة شحير, Wahid Shoheer Club stadium, Hadramaut, Yemen
Three missiles hit motorbikes killing three to five Al Qaeda militants and injuring between one and 15 people including 14 civilians. The alleged US drone strike occurred in Shehr in Hadramout province in the evening on December 24th, 2012. The number of people injured in the strike varies greatly from one to two militants reported…

Summary

Published
24 December 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Motorcycle)
Civilians reported injured
1–14
Military actors reported killed
3–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

7 November 2012

Incident Code

USYEM135-C

Location

السرين, Sirin, Sana'a, Yemen
An alleged US drone strike killed two to four people, including one civilian (child) and two to three Al Qaeda militants from the AQAP (Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula) branch, and injured one to three other militants in Beit Al Ahmar in the town of Sanhan in the Sana’a Governorate on the November 7th, 2012…

Summary

Published
7 November 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
1
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

2 September 2012

Incident Code

USYEM124-C

Location

صرار قيفة, Sarar Qifah, Al Bayda, Yemen
Confirmed US drones or jets killed between 11 and 14 civilians, including up to three women (one pregnant woman) and three children, in a botched attack on an alleged senior militant in the village of Al Saboul in Bayda province at 4pm on September 2, 2012. Up to 11 other civilians were wounded. Al Masdar…

Summary

Published
2 September 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
Civilians reported killed
11–14
Civilians reported injured
4–11
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

4 August 2012

Incident Code

USYEM115-C

Location

عدن, Aden, Aden, Yemen
A single source, Press TV, reported that a US drone killed five "people" traveling in a vehicle in Aden on August 4, 2012. However, the same source referred to the strike as occurring in "eastern Yemen" while Aden is located in western Yemen. Another strike did occur in eastern Yemen on the same date (USYEM116-B),…

Summary

Published
4 August 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
Civilians reported killed
0–5
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

28 May 2012

Incident Code

USYEM094-C

Location

المناسح, Manaseh, Al Bayda, Yemen
Two 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…

Summary

Published
28 May 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
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

17 May 2012

Incident Code

USYEM086-C

Location

شقرة, Shaqra, Abyan, Yemen
On 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,…

Summary

Published
17 May 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
0–2
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

16–17 May, 2012

Incident Code

USYEM085-C

Location

سيئون, شبام, Between Sayoun and Shibam, Hadramaut, Yemen
At 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…

Summary

Published
17 May 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Vehicle (Car)
Civilians reported killed
1
Military actors reported killed
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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