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Airwars records civilian harm in Al-Nahda neighbourhood, Al-Thawra district, Sanaa

Reporting and findings

  1. reported

    Airwars records at least 1 civilian deaths in Al-Nahda neighbourhood, Al-Thawra district, Sanaa on 2025-04-16; its dataset grades the civilian-harm evidence fair and US strike attribution likely or declared.

  2. documented

    Trump directed Operation Rough Rider.

Summary and current status

Airwars incident USYEM250416a attributes reported civilian harm to US forces during Operation Rough Rider.

Source-assessed incident; attribution and count stated in evidence

People and organizations

Relationships in this file

  1. Donald J. Trumpdirected the military campaignOperation Rough Rider

Figures

  1. Airwars minimum civilian deaths1 people
    Calculation details
    Basis
    Observed
    Population
    Civilians reported by Airwars in incident USYEM250416a
    Period
    2025-04-16 to 2025-04-16
    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.
  2. Airwars-assessed civilian-harm incident1 incidents
    Calculation details
    Basis
    Observed
    Population
    Airwars USYEM250416a; US-attributed Operation Rough Rider civilian harm
    Period
    2025-04-16 to 2025-04-16
    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.