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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Dan Sabbagh

Trump’s Yemen bombings killed nearly as many civilians as 23 previous years of US attacks, analysis shows

Houthi supporters hold anti-US and Israel placards and wave flags during an anti-US and anti-Israel protest in Sana'a, Yemen, 13 June 2025
Houthi supporters hold anti-US and Israel placards and wave flags during an anti-US and anti-Israel protest in Sana'a, Yemen, 13 June 2025. Photograph: Yahya Arhab/EPA

The US bombing campaign of Yemen under Donald Trump led to the deaths of almost as many civilians in two months as in the previous 23 years of US attacks on Islamists and militants in the country.

An analysis of Operation Rough Rider by the monitoring group Airwars has concluded that 224 civilians were killed between March and the end of the campaign in May, compared with 258 between 2002 and 2024.

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