Airwars records civilian harm in Qahza area, Sadaa
Reporting and findings
- documented
Airwars defines incidents by time and place, retains attribution grades and publishes conservative minima with explicit exclusions for disputed or single-source attribution.
- Airwars: Methodology Note: US Forces in YemenAn incident; Strike status; How we present our minimum civilian harm tallies
- reported
Airwars records at least 10 civilian deaths and at least 10 civilian injuries in Qahza area, Sadaa on 2025-03-15–2025-03-16; its dataset grades the civilian-harm evidence fair and US strike attribution likely or declared.
- Airwars: USYEM250315b: Qahza area, SadaaUSYEM250315b, civilian casualty figures and incident assessment
Summary and current status
Airwars incident USYEM250315b attributes reported civilian harm to US forces during Operation Rough Rider.
Source-assessed incident; attribution and count stated in evidence
People and organizations
- Operation Rough RiderMilitary campaign associated with the incident
- Donald J. TrumpPresident directing the cited military campaign
Relationships in this file
- Donald J. Trumpdirected the military campaignOperation Rough Rider
Figures
Airwars minimum civilian deaths10 people Calculation details
- Basis
- Observed
- Population
- Civilians reported by Airwars in incident USYEM250315b
- Period
- 2025-03-15 to 2025-03-16
- Method
- Airwars incident minimum; fair civilian-harm evidence and likely/declared US attribution. Incident IDs deduplicate time and place. Excludes the three April 6, 17 and 28 incidents already represented by DoD observations. No operation count is added for this component of Rough Rider.
- Uncertainty
- Independent source assessment, not a US admission or legal finding. Local reporting may be incomplete; Airwars maintains live assessments and reported ranges. Missing death or injury values remain unmeasured.
Airwars-assessed civilian-harm incident1 incidents Calculation details
- Basis
- Observed
- Population
- Airwars USYEM250315b; US-attributed Operation Rough Rider civilian harm
- Period
- 2025-03-15 to 2025-03-16
- Method
- Airwars incident minimum; fair civilian-harm evidence and likely/declared US attribution. Incident IDs deduplicate time and place. Excludes the three April 6, 17 and 28 incidents already represented by DoD observations. No operation count is added for this component of Rough Rider.
- Uncertainty
- Independent source assessment, not a US admission or legal finding. Local reporting may be incomplete; Airwars maintains live assessments and reported ranges. Missing death or injury values remain unmeasured.
Airwars minimum civilian injuries10 people Calculation details
- Basis
- Observed
- Population
- Civilians reported by Airwars in incident USYEM250315b
- Period
- 2025-03-15 to 2025-03-16
- Method
- Airwars incident minimum; fair civilian-harm evidence and likely/declared US attribution. Incident IDs deduplicate time and place. Excludes the three April 6, 17 and 28 incidents already represented by DoD observations. No operation count is added for this component of Rough Rider.
- Uncertainty
- Independent source assessment, not a US admission or legal finding. Local reporting may be incomplete; Airwars maintains live assessments and reported ranges. Missing death or injury values remain unmeasured.