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Incident Date
29 December 2014
Incident Code
USSOM033
Location
سااكوو, Saakow, Middle Juba, Somalia
Up to three senior members of al Shabaab were killed by a US military drone in Saakow, Middle Juba, international media reported. There were no known reports of associated civilian harm. The US military said that an airstrike had targeted a “senior leader” of the al Shabaab militant group. Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency later…
Summary
Published
29 December 2014
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
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
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
1 September 2014
Incident Code
USSOM032
Location
Sablaale, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
In this strike in Barawe, Lower Shabelle, up to six al Shabaab militants were killed, including the the group’s leader, Ahmed Abdi Godane (aka Mukhtar Abu Zubeyr or Ahmed Abdi Aw Mohamed), international and local media reported. There were no reports of civilian harm. The strike was the first known US attack in Somalia for some…
Summary
Published
1 September 2014
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
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
26 January 2014
Incident Code
USSOM030-C
Location
Haway, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
Two civilian children were reported killed and their father severely injured when a US military drone strike attack seemingly directed at nine al Shabaab members struck Hawai, Lower Shabelle, international and local media reported. The strike was said to have targeted and failed to kill Ahmed Abdi Godane. While there initially were no reports of…
Summary
Published
26 January 2014
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
1
Military actors reported killed
1–9
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
28 October 2013
Incident Code
USSOM028
Location
Dhaytubako, Middle Juba, Somalia
At least two people, both reportedly al-Shabaab affiliated, were killed in a US drone strike on a vehicle in Jilib, Middle Juba region, international media reported. As of now, there are no reports about civilian harm. Senior al Shabaab commander Ibrahim Ali Abdi (aka Anta Anta) was killed in the attack, according to Abu Mohamed,…
Summary
Published
28 October 2013
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
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
5 October 2013
Incident Code
USSOM027
Location
Baraawe, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
At least one and as many as seven al Shabaab militants were killed in a naval raid carried out by US forces in Barawe, Lower Shabelle, international media reported. There were no reports of civilian harm. It was not at first clear who was the target of the raid. Reports varied from an unnamed Chechen;…
Summary
Published
5 October 2013
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Military actors reported killed
1–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
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
12 January 2013
Incident Code
SOM016a-1
Location
Bulo Marer, Somalia
French commandos failed to a rescue a French spy held hostage by al Shabaab since 2009. Paris claimed the militants executed the captured secret service agent, known by his alias Denis Allex, during an assault by 50 Special Forces troops. However al Shabaab’s media wing said the hostage survived. Seventeen alleged militants were reportedly killed…
Summary
Published
12 January 2013
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
8
Military actors reported killed
17
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
5 September 2012
Incident Code
USYEM125-C
Location
الهشم, Hashim, Hadramaut, Yemen
Up to four civilians were killed when an alleged US drone reportedly fired eight missiles on a residential house with a winery on the ground floor in the village of Hashim in Hadramout. Sources were conflicted as to who was killed, with some reporting that the strike killed up to six Al Qaeda affiliates and…
Summary
Published
5 September 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported killed
0–4
Military actors reported killed
0–6
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
25 June 2012
Incident Code
USYEM110-B
Location
بئر حميد, Bir Hamid, Aden, Yemen
On June 25th, 2012, a declared US drone strike hit two vehicles in the outskirts of Aden in Bir Hamid at dawn. Three alleged AQAP members were killed, while several others were wounded. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. The identities of those killed were not reported, but a source told the…
Summary
Published
25 June 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
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
6 May 2012
Incident Code
USYEM073-C
Location
وادي رفض, Wadi Al Abyadh, Rafd valley, Shabwa, Yemen
On 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…
Summary
Published
6 May 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Agricultural Land
),
Vehicle
(
Car
)
Civilians reported killed
1
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
22 April 2012
Incident Code
USYEM065-B
Location
الحرقان عبيدة, Sanda desert, near Obeida valley, Ma'rib, Yemen
Three to four militants, including one of the most senior leaders of AQAP (Al Qaeda on the Arab Peninsula) were killed in a US drone strike on a road between the regions of Ma’rib and Jawf, near the Obeida valley on the afternoon of the 22nd of April, 2012. The majority of media sources, both…
Summary
Published
22 April 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
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
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
24 February 2012
Incident Code
USSOM022-C
Location
K60, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
One civilian man was possibly killed as a US drone struck and killed up to seven members of al-Shabaab at Kilometre 60 or K60, in Lower Shabelle, 60km south west of Mogadishu on the road to Marka/ Mercer, international media reported. The action came hours after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had told a…
Summary
Published
24 February 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
1
Military actors reported killed
4–7
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
21 January 2012
Incident Code
USSOM020
Location
Elasha Biyaha, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
A British al Shabaab fighter, Bilal al-Berjawi, was killed by a US drone strike in or near the town of Elasha Biyaha, 15km south of Mogadishu, local and international media reported. There were no reports of civilian harm. Three missiles fired from a drone operated by JSOC killed British-Lebanese militant Bilal al-Berjawi, also known as…
Summary
Published
21 January 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
1
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
Residential
(
House
),
Commerce
,
Vehicle
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
6–7 October, 2011
Incident Code
Lib2011-201
Location
الدولار, Dollar , Surt, Libya
Three civilians were allegedly killed and a mother injured by a NATO airstrike on the Al Wafa neighbourhood of Sirte, which is alternatively referred to as Al Dollar neighbourhood.. ANVWL said on one of the victim's circumstances of death on October 6th: "The child was killed in Al-Wafa neighbourhood, Al-Dollar neighbourhood, as a result of…
Summary
Published
6 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
NATO forces
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Incident Date
2 October 2011
Incident Code
Lib2011-193
Location
مسجد الفرقان, Al Furqan mosque, Surt, Libya
During Isha prayers in the evening prayers, an indiscriminate attack was launched on Al Furqan Mosque by NATO, resulted in several injures to worshipers who later were moved to Ibn Sina Hospital in Sirte, in the second of October 2011. A source affiliated with Gaddafi, against the day 17 in Libya, claims that due to…
Summary
Published
2 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
NATO forces
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Incident Date
2 October 2011
Incident Code
Lib2011-194
Location
سرت, Sirte, Surt, Libya
A single source reported that one child was critically injured by an attack by NATO and was being treated at a hospital in Sirte in October 2nd, 2011. NATO on that day reported hitting "1 multiple rocket launcher, 1 armed vehicle" in the vicinity of Sirte. There is no further information currently available.
Summary
Published
2 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
NATO forces
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Incident Date
1 October 2011
Incident Code
Lib2011-190
Location
الحي رقم 3, Neighbourhood No. 3, Surt, Libya
A brother and a sister have allegedly been injured due to an attack by the NATO in neighbourhood number 3 in Sirte. NATO on that day reported hitting in the vicinity of Sirte: "1 command and control node, 1 infantry and anti-aircraft artillery staging area, 2 armed vehicles, 4 armoured infantry vehicles, 1 tank." There…
Summary
Published
1 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
NATO forces
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Incident Date
1 October 2011
Incident Code
Lib2011-191
Location
مستشفى ابن سينا, Ibn Sina hospital, Surt, Libya
According to sources affiliated with the Gaddafi regime, a girl was killed due to indiscriminate shelling on 'Ibn Sina hospital' in Sirte, in October the first, 2011. @nooo21 said that "indiscriminate shelling by the rebels hits the Sirte city hospital with missiles."
Summary
Published
1 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan rebel forces
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Incident Date
1 October 2011
Incident Code
Lib2011-192
Location
1000 وحدة سكنية, 1000 Housing Project, Surt, Libya
One civilian was allegedly killed by a NATO airstrike on the 1,000 housing units in Sirte. According to Al Gadadiffa martyrs, "Yaza Omar, age unknown, was killed due to the indiscriminate shelling of 1,000 housing units." NATO on that day reported hitting "1 command and control node, 1 infantry and anti-aircraft artillery staging area, 2…
Summary
Published
1 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
NATO forces
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Incident Date
30 September 2011
Incident Code
Lib2011-188
Location
سرت, Sirte, Surt, Libya
Two videos refer to a strike by NATO that took place in Sirte. The videos are capturing civilians who were killed and injured, including children inside a hospital in Sirte in September 30th 2011. It is to be noted that the sources are affiliated with the Gaddafi regime. NATO did not report strikes around Sirte…
Summary
Published
30 September 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
NATO 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
29 September 2011
Incident Code
Lib2011-186
Location
سرت, Sirte, Surt, Libya
A father and his daughter were killed by a NATO strike in Sirte in September 29th 2011. NATO on that day reported hitting "1 ammunition storage area, 1 multi rocket launcher area." There is currently no further information available
Summary
Published
29 September 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
NATO forces
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Incident Date
29 September 2011
Incident Code
Lib2011-187
Location
سرت, Sirte, Surt, Libya
One child was killed due to an attack that took place by NATO or rebels. Various condolence pages reported the death of Hassan Rajab Jadallah Al-Qahsi Gaddafi. NATO on that day reported hitting "1 ammunition storage area, 1 multi rocket launcher area" in the vicinity of Sirte. There is no further information currently available.
Summary
Published
29 September 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
NATO forces
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Incident Date
28 September 2011
Incident Code
Lib2011-185
Location
سرت, Sirte, Surt, Libya
One source shows several people who are injured due to the NATO strike inside a hospital in Sirte and the doctors trying to revive them. The video posted by Surt Son is captured "The death of dozens of civilians in Sirte a result of NATO bombing and the rebels to revive the city." NATO itself…
Summary
Published
11 September 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2–3
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
NATO forces
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Incident Date
27 September 2011
Incident Code
Lib2011-184
Location
سرت, Sirte, Surt, Libya
Various sources reported that a woman was killed and a child lost his eyesight due to injures by NATO attack in Sirte, in September 27th 2011. Sadikat al Qa’ed comment on Nour Al-Din Nasser Al Zanki Facebook post stated that a child with the woman suffered injures; however, it is unclear if he was the…
Summary
Published
27 September 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
NATO forces
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