Independent data collection project. Collating and disseminating data on airstrikes and air raids in Yemen since 2015.
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Almost a quarter of all civilian casualties recorded by @YemenData in October were children, marking the worst month for child harm in Saudi bombings since August 2018 and the seventh worst month on record for child casualties in air dropped bombs.
We found US-supplied munitions at the site of an airstrike in Yemen in mid October – for the first time since hostilities escalated earlier this year. w/ @viviannereim + @Shuaibalmosawa nytimes.com/2026/11/06/world…
Yemen Data Project recorded ten killed in this Saudi air raid, seven of them children. A further 23 civilians were recorded injured including eight women and 12 children. It was the worst strike for civilian harm and child deaths in October.
💢On October 18, a Saudi-led coalition aircraft dropped a US-supplied 500-pound MK-82 bomb on a home sheltering 28 people in Saada, northern Yemen, according to a New York Times investigation.
Nine members of the al-Qahm family, including five children under the age of 10, were killed, and another 19 people were wounded, according to witnesses. The death toll and victims’ identities were corroborated by a casualty list provided by the Health Ministry in Sana’a.
The Times analyzed footage from the scene and satellite imagery, finding no evidence of Ansarallah forces or fortifications within half a mile of the family’s home. Yet a spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition accused the family of “directly supporting the war effort.”
Ansarallah’s military spokesperson announced today that Saudi airstrikes and missile strikes have reached 4,264 since the latest escalation began.
📸 Image 1: Yemenis search the rubble of the al-Qahm family home following a Saudi-led coalition airstrike on October 18, 2026, in Saada, northern Yemen, that killed nine family members, including five children under 10. (Al Masirah)
📸 Image 2: Fragment of a US-made guided bomb bearing markings indicating compatibility with an MK-82 500-pound bomb. The visible assembly number is 837760-4.
Latest data on Saudi air raids in Yemen:
October was the worst month for civilian harm in Saudi air raids since 2017. @YemenData recorded 426 civilian casualties in 437 Saudi air raids. Almost ¼ were children - one of the worst months on record for child casualties in air raids.
You can read this month's issue of our data update here 👉 mailchi.mp/e4d312df6f12/nove…
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Yemen Data Project retweeted
US-backed Saudi airstrikes killed at least 140 civilians, including 40 children, in October according to @YemenData
Since 2015, at least 83 Saudi air raids hit Sana'a airport. @YemenData recorded 3 civilians killed in those 83 bombings.
Israel has bombed Sana'a airport three times, killing 4 civilians, injuring 33, and destroying five passenger jets. A US strike also hit the airport in 2025.
Our monthly air raids update for September
@YemenData recorded the highest number of civilian casualties in Saudi air raids since January 2022. At least 156 civilians killed and injured in 253 air raids.
At least 66 civilians killed and 90 injured, eight children among the dead.
Taiz was the most heavily bombed governorate in the month and where the highest number of civilian casualties were recorded. More than 40% of all Saudi air raids in the month hit Taiz governorate resulting in more than 54% of the civilian casualties recorded in September.
Initial assessment of today's air raid on Sana'a airport: at least 4 individual strikes, up to 13.
Although claimed by the internationally recognised Yemeni govt., most likely actor with capability is RSA. This would mark the first Saudi air raids against the Houthis since 2022.
Following the Houthi downing of two MQ-9 Reaper drones in May, we took a look at Reaper loses in Yemen, tracking a total of 24 MQ-9s lost in the past 2.5 years at a cost of between $720 million and $1.2 billion. Cont... 👇
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Add three more losses from 2017 through 2019 and that's a total cost of between $810 million and $1.35 billion in lost MQ-9s in Yemen since 2017.
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A strike targeting a missile launcher in Houthi-controlled Mukayras (~35 miles from the Arabian Sea) ended a 3 month pause in bombings on 19 April - the 1st day of US military action in blockade of Iran's ports. Operations included US helicopters transiting over the Arabian Sea.
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Yemen Data Project retweeted
UK @DefenceHQ has released to Ceasefire and @airwars a summary of an independent review of its civilian harm framework.
It confirms our longstanding concerns: no unified CHMR policy, no civilian harm tracking, no formalised investigation procedures and no operational amends mechanisms – leaving serious gaps in how harm is mitigated and addressed.
ceasefire.org/uk-mod-review-…
“The Trump administration’s approach to its air strikes in Yemen from March to May 2025 should have set off alarm bells in the USA and around the world, clearly signalling an urgent need to strengthen measures to protect civilians.”
One year on from the deadly US air strike on a Huthi-run migrant detention centre in Sa’ada, north-western Yemen, there has been no discernible progress towards justice and reparation, and survivors are still struggling with severe physical and psychological trauma.
Read more 👇 amn.st/6014BBMksG
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"When it comes to the Trump administration’s neglect for civilian harm, experts say Yemen was the canary in the coal mine."
Hegseth Brags of a Deadlier War Machine as U.S. Unleashes “Devastating Civilian Harm Globally”
theintercept.com/2026/04/29/…
