Yemen Data Project
Independent data collection project. Collating and disseminating data on airstrikes in Yemen since 2015, with the purpose of increasing transparency and promoting accountability.
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- In the confrontation between Saudi and the UAE in #Yemen, Saudi air raids against STC forces killed and injured at least 22 civilians in January. The deadliest bombing killed 7 civilians in a house in Sayun. In Al-Dhale, 6 civilians were killed and 7 injured. More here 👇 mailchi.mp/a3f62c4c9b49...
- Annual review of Yemen airstrikes. In 2025 @yemendataproject.org recorded: ⚠️Highest number of civilian casualties since 2022 ⚠️US responsible for >50% of 1,334 civilian casualties ⚠️Highest child death toll since 2020 ⚠️Israeli strikes resulted in highest ever rate of civilian harm 👉 t.co/MV8uEQO33E
- Four countries bombed #Yemen in 2025: U.S. 🇺🇸 U.K. 🇬🇧 Israel 🇮🇱 Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 Yemen Data Project’s roundup of strikes in 2025 and an update on recent strikes in December will be out next week. Subscribe (for free) to receive our updates: yemendataproject.us16.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
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- “The US air strike on the migrant detention centre [on 28 April] qualifies as an indiscriminate attack, which is a serious violation of international humanitarian law, and should be investigated as a war crime.” www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
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- Three strikes in September all in the capital resulted in more than 100 civilian casualties in each incident. Eight strikes in the capital in September marked the heaviest month of bombing in the city since US strikes ended in May and the highest number in Yemen’s capital by Israel in any month.
- Civilian casualties in Israeli strikes in Yemen doubled in September in a month marked by the deliberate killing of journalists at two media outlets. We recorded 22 men, 11 women and five children killed in the strike. A further 147 were injured including 31 children. mailchi.mp/4570818fcf40...
- Reposted by Yemen Data ProjectIsrael’s targeted strikes on two newspaper offices in Yemen’s capital is the second deadliest single attack on the press ever recorded by CPJ, following the 2009 Maguindanao massacre in the Philippines. Read more: cpj.org?p=522184
- Our latest update on Israeli strikes in Yemen: @yemendataproject.org recorded 116 civilian casualties in five Israeli strikes in August - the highest monthly rate of civilian harm since April’s 7-yr-high during the US bombing campaign. 22 civilians recorded killed in August, 94 injured.
- 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. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
- 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...?
- 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 www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
- “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.” www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
- The $7 billion the U.S. wasted bombing Yemen. Not mentioned is the lives it cost - more than 250 civilians. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/o...
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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 www.icrc.org/en/news-rele...
- "It is unthinkable that while people are detained and have nowhere to escape, they can also be caught in the line of fire.” - ICRC www.icrc.org/en/news-rele...
- Trump promised peace but brings rapid increase in civilian casualties to Yemen www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
- 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. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
- And that’s why we do it.
- 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. mailchi.mp/95736ee05237...
- 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.
- 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 mailchi.mp/2d46dffa016d...
- 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 mailchi.mp/2d46dffa016d...
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- 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.
- In just three weeks, the Pentagon has dropped $200 million worth of munitions on Yemen. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...
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- The very first US strike in Yemen under the new Trump administration, carried out on the evening of 15 March (and the subject of *that* Signal group chat), hit Al Jaraf in the north of the capital, killing at least 13 civilians and injuring nine.
- One week of US strikes in Yemen under the Trump administration killed at least 25 civilians, including 4 children. 55% of strikes hit civilian sites. Targets bombed included: medical storage facility, medical centre, school, wedding hall, residential areas & Bedouin tents mailchi.mp/f747387e081f...
- One week of US strikes in Yemen under the Trump administration killed at least 25 civilians, including 4 children. 55% of strikes hit civilian sites. Targets bombed included: medical storage facility, medical centre, school, wedding hall, residential areas & Bedouin tents mailchi.mp/f747387e081f...
- To cover the recent surge in American strikes in Yemen, we will be sending out additional data updates on bombings while the air raids intensify. To receive data summaries on US-led strikes in Yemen, you can sign up via the link in our bio where you can also support our work.
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- Early assessment of recorded US strikes on the night of 15-16 March. Four waves of airstrikes were reported across Yemen on 15 and 16 March, impacting sites in the Capital, Sana’a, Sa’ada, Hajja, Marib, Al-Bayda and Dhamar governorates. At least 27 civilians were reportedly killed, and 22 injured.
- YDP is still cross referencing the information available on US-claimed strikes tonight in Yemen. Reports of strikes in the Capital and in Sa'ada governorate. The Health Ministry in Sana'a has reported nine civilians killed and a further nine civilians injured.
- The Houthis have renewed their Red Sea ban on Israel-linked vessels after their deadline for Israel to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza passed. They've stated that “any Israeli vessel attempting to violate this ban will be subject to military targeting."
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- Egyptian authorities say 47 ships have rerouted from the longer journey around South Africa, to transit the Suez Canal since the start of February. The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas led to a de-facto Houthi ceasefire in the Red Sea. gcaptain.com/egypt-says-d...
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- We're slightly late to this. But, YDP has just become aware of this chilling poem from Kit Fan's 2023 T. S. Eliot Prize shortlisted collection. 'From the Yemen Data Project' www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQxL...
