Yemen Data Project

Israel closes 88% of cases of alleged war crimes or abuse without charges – report Conflict monitoring group Action on Armed Violence says Israel is seeking to create a ‘pattern of impunity’

Nearly nine out of 10 Israeli military investigations into allegations of war crimes or abuses by its soldiers since the start of the war in Gaza have been closed without finding fault or left without resolution.
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A data visualisation showing the categories of sites and objects hit by Israeli air raids in May 2025.

The outlier remains Israel. In 32 Israeli strikes in Yemen since July the average rate of civilian harm is >9 casualties per air raid. 12 Israeli strikes in May focused on civilian infrastructure resulting in 75 civilian casualties + destruction of all civilian passenger jets operating from Sanaa.

A data visualisation showing the categories of sites and objects hit by US strikes from 15 March 2025 to 6 May.

The average rate of civilian harm in US strikes was on par with the Saudi-led bombing of Yemen 10 years ago. The average rate of civilian casualties in the first 53 days of Saudi's air was was 2.8 per strike. The average rate in US strikes was similarly just over 2 civilian casualties per strike.

A map of Yemen showing the number of US strikes and civilian casualties in those strikes, per governorate.

A May ceasefire ended the most intense and deadly bombing in Yemen since the peak of Saudi's air war. In 53 days the US killed at least 238 civilians compared to a year of Biden-era strikes that killed 21 civilians - a death toll matched by Trump's air war in first 48hrs mailchi.mp/674567bfa83a...?

Yemen: US Strikes on Port an Apparent War Crime US military strikes on the Ras Issa Port in Hodeidah, Yemen, on April 17, 2025, caused dozens of civilian casualties and significant damage to port infrastructure.

US strikes on the Ras Issa Port in Hodeidah on 17 April 2025 caused dozens of civilian casualties and significant damage to port infrastructure. The attack should be investigated as a war crime. - @hrw.org
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‘Nothing left to bomb’: Yemen’s civilians bear brunt of US airstrikes on Houthis Analysts say US and Israeli attacks failed to weaken rebels and are only pushing the country to the brink of famine

“We buried eight people from a single family, from a single house,” said a mourner at the funeral procession. “There’s no sign that this was a military target. We’re their neighbours … we saw what happened.”

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Opinion | The $7 Billion We Wasted Bombing a Country We Couldn’t Find on a Map

The $7 billion the U.S. wasted bombing Yemen.

Not mentioned is the lives it cost - more than 250 civilians.
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The deadly attack on a detention facility in Sa’ada, Yemen, resulted in a high number of casualties, many of whom were migrants. We are supporting the Yemen Red Crescent Society, which has been evacuating the wounded, and leading the dignified management of the dead. Also, we are providing medical supplies to nearby hospitals caring for those injured. All parties to conflict must respect and protect civilians, including people deprived of their liberty.

The deadly attack on a detention facility in Sa’ada, Yemen, resulted in a high number of casualties, many of whom were migrants.

We reiterate our call to all parties to respect and protect civilians, including people deprived of their liberty.

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We recorded 115 civilian casualties in the strike early on 28 April that hit a detention facility in Sa'ada. 68 killed, 47 injured.

"It is unthinkable that while people are detained and have nowhere to escape, they can also be caught in the line of fire.” - ICRC

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Trump promised peace but brings rapid increase in civilian casualties to Yemen | Dan Sabbagh Escalation from US military suggests previous restraints on causing civilian casualties have been relaxed

Trump promised peace but brings rapid increase in civilian casualties to Yemen

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels say 68 dead in US airstrike on prison Alleged attack on facility holding African detainees raises fresh questions over US military operations in region

Another US strike resulting in mass casualties in Yemen overnight.
The average rate of civilian harm per strike has continued to rise since the start of the bombing campaign in March.
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And that’s why we do it.

A strike on Farwah market in the capital on 20 April killed at least 12 civilians, including 2 children and injured a further 30 civilians, bringing the total number of civilian casualties to 500 since president Trump launched a new U.S. bombing campaign in Yemen on 15 March.

230 civilian casualties were recorded in the Ras Isa bombing on 18 April with at least 80 civilians killed and 150 injured. In a decade of monitoring by
@yemendataproject.org only three air raids have caused more civilian harm, all of which were during the seven-year-long Saudi-led air war.

This week, civilians casualties reached 500 in Trump's bombing campaign in Yemen. The number of civilian casualties in U.S. Operation Rough Rider more than doubled in seven days from 16-22 April. At least 95 civilians were killed and 192 injured in the week.
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We’ve recorded a total of 142 civilian casualties (killed and injured) in 131 U.S. strikes from 15 March to 7 April. An average of more than 5 strikes per day.

Plus, more on our classification of the 2 April strike that hit a tribal gathering and was the subject of a strike video posted on social media by president Trump.

A map for Yemen showing the number of US strikes and civilian casualties per governorate over the period of 1-7 April

Due to popular demand, we’re sending out more updates. The latest covers the first week of April.

48 civilian casualties were recorded in 34 US strikes from 1 to 7 April, including killing of 3 children in a strike on a house belonging to a Houthi-affiliated tribal figure
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gijn.org How Middle Eastern Data Outlets Use Data to Challenge Narratives and Advance Accountability

The @yemendataproject.org's data has been used in academic research, public health studies, and investigative journalism, most notably in @thelancet.bsky.social’s research linking airstrikes to Yemen’s cholera epidemic.

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Breaking News:U.S. Deploys A-10 Ground Attack Aircraft Amid Escalating Houthi Threat in Middle East Breaking News: U.S. Deploys A-10 Ground Attack Aircraft Amid Escalating Houthi Threat in Middle East

With the US deployement of A-10 Thunderbolt II in its operations against the #Houthis, the question if if they will also be using the 30MM PGU-14 #depleteduranium rounds, making #Yemen a new country that could face pollution from toxic remnants of war.
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The full monthly summary is available here 👇

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A graph showing the timeline of US strikes in Yemen from January 2024 to the end of March 2025 with a sharp peak showing in March 2025.

Strikes took place every night from 15 to 31 March.
46.3% hit civilian objects. Almost a quarter (22%) hit residential areas.
Civilian harm rates are 3.5x higher under Trump’s bombing campaign compared to US-UK strikes under Biden, with an average civilian harm rate higher than the Saudi-led air war

A data visualisation of US strikes and civilian casualties in Yemen for the month of March, showing icons for the target categories that were bombed.

March data is out:

More civilians were killed in 17 days of US strikes in March than in a year of bombings under Biden. At least 28 civilians killed and 66 injured in 97 US strikes from 15 to 31 March, in the worst month for civilian harm in air dropped bombs since the Saudi air war in Jan. 2022

On video of US strike targeting a gathering. YDP recorded 2 strikes on Al-Fazah, Al-Hudaydah: 21 March & 2 April. No civilian casualties recorded in either.
Initial record of 2 April target: pro-Houthi gathering, located in Houthi military zone. YDP initial classification: military/security target.

U.S. Strikes in Yemen Burning Through Munitions With Limited Success In just three weeks, the Pentagon has used $200 million worth of munitions in Operation Rough Rider against the Houthi militia, officials said.

In just three weeks, the Pentagon has dropped $200 million worth of munitions on Yemen.

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What the chats signal about Trump's bombing campaign in Yemen Everyone talked about the leaked Yemen attack plans. But who was killed in the strikes authorised?

6/ “Even when comparing like with like: in the first week of Biden's bombing campaign in Yemen there were no civilian casualties recorded.” - @ionacraig.com, Yemen Data Project.

Read the full article here: trump-yemen.airwars.org

US bombing of Yemen compounding dire humanitarian situation – rights groups Anti-Houthi air campaign, details of which were revealed in Signal scandal, has brought further destruction to country A ramped-up US bombing campaign on Yemen has killed civilians and brought further destruction and uncertainty to the poorest country in the Middle East, compounding an already dire situation after Donald Trump cut aid, according to local people, humanitarian workers and rights groups. “Now the rampant bombing has started, you never know which way things will go,” said Siddiq Khan, who works as a country director in Yemen for the aid charity Islamic Relief. Continue reading...

US bombing of Yemen compounding dire humanitarian situation – rights groups