Civilian Casualties

Car, Commerce, Market, Motorcycle, Truck, Vehicle

13 – 14

(3 children1 woman)

30–34

Suspected belligerents

US Forces, Houthi Forces

16 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

Exact location (via Airwars)

ورشة لصناعة المفروشات, wood furniture manufacturing facility, west of Idlib, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

In a wood furniture manufacturing facility located in the western outskirts of the Idlib area, Syria, at least one civilian was killed and five others, including a child and an elderly man, were injured in one of the four airstrikes reportedly perpetrated by Russian warplanes shortly before 9:03 AM on Thursday, February 29th, 2024. The

Summary

Consumer Goods, Motorcycle, Truck, Vehicle, Warehouse

2–5

Russian Military

وادي الخورة, Wadi Khora, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

A civilian, who most sources reported to be a 17-year old child, was reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Wadi Khora area in Shabwa, before sunset on May 25th 2018. In a later press release, US Central Command stated that a strike had been conducted on that day, citing three possible provinces. Since

Summary

(1 child1 man)

Known belligerent

Known target

1 named

1–2

مفقه ,الحزم, Mafqa, Al Hazma, Shabwa, Yemen

LOCATION

Two young men, who pro-AQAP feeds indicated may have been civilians, were reportedly killed by a US drone strike in Al Hazm, in the Beihan area on the borders of Shabwa and Bayda governorates, overnight from April 22nd-23rd 2018. It was later suggested that they were instead killed by a Houthi landmine. Local language news

Summary

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)

(2 men)

Causes of injury / death

Known belligerent

Known target

2 named

الأحماص او محاص , يكلاء, Al Ahmas or Mahhas area, Yakla, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

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

(1 child1 man)

القوز, Al Qawz junction, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

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

Unknown

Known belligerent

Known target

2–3

السرو ، بالقرب من قريضة, Al Saru, in the vicinity of Quraidah, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

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

2 – 4

Belligerents reported injured

1–5

2–3

الرحبة, Al Rahba near Moujan village, Abyan, Yemen

LOCATION

code: USYEMTr034-C
incident_date: 2017-03-04
status: publish
civilian_harm_status: Contested

Summary

0 – 2

(0–2 men)

2 named, 1 familiy identified

0–2

رداع, Rada'a, Al Bayda, Yemen

LOCATION

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

0 – 2

(0–2 men)

0–2

Wald Rabi' District, Bayda Governorate, Yemen

LOCATION

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

Motorcycle, Residential, Vehicle

(2 children)

7 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

District

2–4

شحير, Near the hospital in Shoheer, Hadramaut, Yemen

LOCATION

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

Airstrike and/or Artillery

1 named

2–4