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

Higher fatality rates during Operation Rough Rider signals change in US policy and what could come in Iran, says monitoring group Airwars• Middle East crisis – live updatesThe 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 monitoring group Airwars has concluded that 224 civilians had been killed between March and the end of the campaign in May, compared to 258 between 2002 and 2024. Continue reading...

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

Higher fatality rates during Operation Rough Rider signals change in US policy and what could come in Iran, says monitoring group Airwars

Middle East crisis – live updates

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 monitoring group Airwars has concluded that 224 civilians had been killed between March and the end of the campaign in May, compared to 258 between 2002 and 2024. Continue reading...