Drone strikes in Yemen

Drone strikes in Yemen
	Part of the War on Terror and the Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)
	; MQ-1 Predator commonly used in drone strikes in Yemen
Date	November 5, 2002; (1 day); December 17, 2009 – present; (15 years and 6 months)
Location	Yemen
Status	Ongoing 378 drone strikes confirmed; 57 al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leaders confirmed killed; Numerous al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula bases destroyed; Most recent drone strike against al-Qaeda launched in February 2023; Saudi-led coalition forces intervene in Yemen in 2015 to restore the internationally recognized Yemen government led by President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi; United States support the Saudi Arabian-led intervention primarily through arms sales and technical assistance; U.S. Army Special Forces deployed to the Saudi Arabia-Yemen border to help defeat the Houthi rebels in 2018.; Missile strikes against Houthi-controlled territory beginning in 2024;
Belligerents
United States CIA; USAF; Saudi-led coalition:; Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates; Bahrain; Kuwait; Qatar; Jordan; Morocco; Sudan; Senegal; Supported by: France; Canada; Germany; United States; United Kingdom; Logistical Support: Djibouti; Eritrea; Somalia; France; Pakistan(alleged); In support of:; Cabinet of Yemen Yemen Armed Forces (pro-Hadi); Yemeni Air Force; Popular Resistance; United States-led coalition:; United States; United Kingdom; Australia; Bahrain; Canada; Denmark; Germany; Greece; South Korea; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Seychelles; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Supported by: France; Italy; India;	Al-Qaeda AQAP Ansar al-Sharia; Al-Qaeda Emirate in Yemen Aden-Abyan Islamic Army; ; ; Council of Sunni Scholars and al-Jama'a; Hadrami Domestic Council faction; Al-Dhahab tribesmen; Supported by:; Al-Shabaab ; (2009–present) (alleged); Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb ; (2009–2017); Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent ; (2014–present); Al-Nusra Front ; (2012–2017); Alleged Support: Iran (denied); Qatar (denied); Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (from 2014) Military of ISIL; Wilayah al-Yemen; Wilayat Sanaa; Wilayat Aden-Abyan; Wilayah Lahij; Wilayah Green Brigade; Wilayah al-Bayda; Wilayah Shabwah; Wilayah Ataq; Wilayah Hadramawt; Revolutionary Committee/Supreme Political Council Houthi movement; Yemen Armed Forces; Yemeni Republican Guard; Supported by:; Iran; Syria (until 2024); North Korea; Qatar; Russia; Hezbollah; Cuba; Eritrea; Oman; Libya (until 2011)
Commanders and leaders
George W. Bush ; Barack Obama ; Joe Biden ; Donald Trump ; Donald Rumsfeld ; Robert Gates ; Leon Panetta ; Chuck Hagel ; Ash Carter ; Jim Mattis ; Mark Esper ; Lloyd Austin ; Pete Hegseth	Nasir al-Wuhayshi † ; Qasim al-Raymi † ; Abu Hamza al-Zinjibari † ; Said Ali al-Shihri † ; Khalid Batarfi ; Ibrahim al-Asiri † ; Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi † ; Anwar al-Awlaki † ; Othman al-Ghamdi † ; Ibrahim al-Rubaysh † ; Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari † ; Ibrahim al-Qosi (POW) ; Abdul-Malik al-Houthi
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
1 killed; 3 wounded; 1 V-22 Osprey crashed; 1 MQ-9 Reaper shot down	1,367–1,758 total killed, 1,251–1,609 militants killed (New America) or 846–1,159 militants killed (The Bureau of Investigative Journalism)
	116–149 civilians killed (New America) or 174–225 civilians killed (The Bureau of Investigative Journalism)

United States drone strikes in Yemen started after the September 11 attacks in the United States, when the US military attacked the Islamist militant presence in Yemen, in particular Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula using drone warfare.

With the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen, the Saudi led coalition also attacked Houthi rebels using drone warfare. The Houthi military have as well used drone warfare to attack the Saudi led coalition and pro Yemen government troops.