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The first known U.S. drone strike in Yemen was November 3, 2002 (killing al-Qaeda operative Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi), and the most recent U.S. drone strike in Yemen as of the report's publication was May 17, 2020. Over those 18 years, there were 374 reported strikes in Yemen (with the peak being in 2012), which killed a total of between ...
8 January 2016: A US air or drone strike killed an unknown number of people "to eliminate threats to the force" in the Kharkhez district, located in the Kandahar province. [25] 8 January 2016: A US air or drone strike killed an unknown number of people "to eliminate threats to the force" in the Bermal district, located in the Paktika province. [25]
Drone strikes are successful at suppressing militant behavior, though this response is in anticipation of a drone strike rather than as a result of one. Data from the US and Pakistan's joint counter-terrorism efforts show that militants cease communication and attack planning to avoid detection and targeting.
Drone strikes were halted in November 2011 after NATO forces killed 24 Pakistani soldiers in the Salala incident. [53] Shamsi Airfield was evacuated of Americans and taken over by the Pakistanis December 2011. [54] The incident prompted an approximately two-month stop to the drone strikes, which resumed on 10 January 2012.
On 18 March 2024, Turkish Drone Bayraktar strikes hit the Jaffey farm (Somali: Beerta Jaffey), about three kilometers west of Bagdad village in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia, between 8 pm and 8.30 pm. [1] [2] [3] The TB2 killed 23 civilians including 14 children, five women, and four men. Another 17 civilians were injured in the strikes ...
A video posted to YouTube in featured footage filmed by a drone hovering above an approaching Frontier Airlines Airbus A320 in 2018. [65] [66] The airport was identified as McCarran International Airport, and the UAV may have taken off from a parking lot near Whitney Mesa Nature Preserve to the east of the airport.
On 29 August 2021, an unmanned drone attack by the United States killed 10 civilians in Kabul, Afghanistan, including 7 children.The U.S. initially said that the vehicle targeted in the strike had visited an Islamic State safe house and that there had been several secondary explosions, implying there had been explosives at the scene.
Pages in category "Drone strikes" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 2018 Caracas drone ...