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The first known U.S. drone strike in Yemen was November 3, 2002 (killing al-Qaeda operative Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi), and the most recent U.S. drone strike in Yemen as of the report's publication was May 17, 2020. Over those 18 years, there were 374 reported strikes in Yemen (with the peak being in 2012), which killed a total of between ...
Drone strikes are successful at suppressing militant behavior, though this response is in anticipation of a drone strike rather than as a result of one. Data from the US and Pakistan's joint counter-terrorism efforts show that militants cease communication and attack planning to avoid detection and targeting.
8 January 2016: A US air or drone strike killed 17–20 ISIL militants, including four senior commanders, who were executing seven men (six Taliban militants and one Afghan National Army soldier) at the time, with a large number of civilians forced to watch in the Maktab village, located in the Pekha area, located in Achin District, located in ...
The US confirmed 32 drone strikes in Yemen during 2016, resulting in 88 to 123 deaths; a further 10 or 11 reported strikes were not confirmed by the military; these resulted in 23 deaths. [99] On March 22, a US drone strike close to the AQAP headquarters, the port city of Mukalla, capital of Hadramaut Governorate, killed 40–50 fighters. [100]
Deaths by American drone strikes (6 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Drone strikes conducted by the United States" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
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On 18 March 2024, Turkish Drone Bayraktar strikes hit the Jaffey farm (Somali: Beerta Jaffey), about three kilometers west of Bagdad village in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia, between 8 pm and 8.30 pm. [1] [2] [3] The TB2 killed 23 civilians including 14 children, five women, and four men. Another 17 civilians were injured in the strikes ...
The Syrian Defence Ministry vowed to respond to the attacks “with full force”. [14] Retaliation was set in motion on the same day, in which the Syrian military carried out rocket and artillery strikes on the opposition-controlled zone of Idlib Governorate, killing at least 24 civilians and injuring 37 others.