Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

USYEM250502a

Incident date

May 2, 2025

Location

حي عصر، صَنْعَاء‎, Asr neighbourhood, Sanaa, Sanaa, Yemen

Geolocation

15.348260, 44.160580 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Neighbourhood/area level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Three people were reported injured by an alleged US airstrike on the Asr area of Sanaa during the evening of 2 May, 2025.

All of the sources quoted the Ministry of Health, which reported that three citizens were injured by US “aggression” in the Asr area in Al-Wahda district.

Facebook user Earok explained that the strike “targeted the home of Houthi leader Abu al-Karrar [a] senior Houthi leader and considered one of the most prominent figures in the economic and logistical fields”.  It is unclear if Abu al-Karrar was killed or injured in the strike.

Images shared by Twitter/X user @sputnik_ar and Facebook user Nasser Abdullah Hadi Abu Saad among others have been removed from the archive as they are unrelated to this incident.

The incident occured in the evening.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the neighbourhood of Asr (حي عصر) to the west of the city of Sanaa (صَنْعَاء‎). Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to find boundaries for the neighbourhood and to verify the location further. The generic coordinates for Asr are: 15.347269, 44.180984.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected belligerent
    US Forces
  • Suspected target
    Houthi Forces
  • Belligerents reported killed
    0–1
  • Belligerents reported injured
    0–1

Sources (13) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

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    Source: Abdulrahman Muhammad Al-Masry

US Forces Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    US Forces
  • US Forces position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected belligerent
    US Forces
  • Suspected target
    Houthi Forces
  • Belligerents reported killed
    0–1
  • Belligerents reported injured
    0–1

Sources (13) [ collapse]