US strikes in Yemen

Extracted Attributes

• Target

  Houthi movement

• End Date

  2025-05-06

• Start Date

  2024-01-12

• Operation Phase 1

  Operation Poseidon Archer

• Operation Phase 2

  Operation Rough Rider

• Supporting Nations

  Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, Netherlands, New Zealand

• Primary Participants

  United States, United Kingdom

• Total Strikes (Phase 2)

  Over 1,000 strikes (by end of April 2025)

• Casualties (as of 2025-01-02)

  106 deaths and 314 injuries

Timeline

• United Nations Security Council condemns Houthi attacks on shipping. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2024-01-11

• Initial phase of strikes begins under the codename Operation Poseidon Archer. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2024-01-12

• Houthis record 931 American and British airstrikes resulting in 106 deaths. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-01-02

• Strikes are largely halted during a Gaza war ceasefire lasting until March. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-01-15

• Airstrikes resume under the codename Operation Rough Rider ordered by Donald Trump. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-03-15

• US military strikes on the Ras Issa Port in Hodeidah cause civilian casualties. (Source: Human Rights Watch)

  2025-04-17

• Over 1,000 airstrikes reported to have been conducted since the resumption in March. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-04-30

• President Trump declares the strikes concluded following an Oman-brokered ceasefire. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-05-06

US–UK airstrikes on Yemen

Between 12 January 2024 and 6 May 2025 the United States and the United Kingdom, with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, launched a series of cruise missile and airstrikes against the Houthi movement in Yemen in response to Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea. The Houthis had previously declared that their attacks were in support of Palestinians during the Gaza war; Houthi attacks on shipping were condemned by the United Nations Security Council the day before the initial strike. The first phase of attacks between January 2024 and January 2025 were codenamed Operation Poseidon Archer. US President Joe Biden ordered the strikes, and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak convened his cabinet to authorize British participation. American officials said the strikes were intended to degrade Houthi capabilities to attack Red Sea targets rather than to kill leaders and Iranian trainers. By 2 January 2025, the Houthis recorded 931 American and British airstrikes against its sites in Yemen, resulting in 106 deaths and 314 injuries. The strikes were halted during much of the January 2025 Gaza war ceasefire, which lasted from January to March. Airstrikes resumed between 15 March and 6 May 2025, under the codename Operation Rough Rider. US President Donald Trump ordered the operation with over 1,000 airstrikes having been conducted by the end of April, with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer authorizing strikes as well. On 6 May, Trump declared the strikes to be over as a result of a ceasefire reached between the United States and the Houthis, brokered by Oman.

Web Search Results

• March–May 2025 United States attacks in Yemen - Wikipedia

  In March 2025, the United States launched a large campaign of air and naval strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. Codenamed Operation Rough Rider, it has been the largest U.S. military operation in the Middle East of President Donald Trump's second term. The strikes began on March 15, targeting radar systems, air defenses, and ballistic and drone launch sites used by the Houthis to attack commercial ships and naval vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. On 30 April 2025, the United Kingdom [...] The Houthi-run Yemeni Health Ministry reported that US strikes hit a ceramics factory in Bani Matar district, killing seven people and injured 29 others including five children and a women, one of them seriously. It added that the victims were workers from a factory and residents of homes next to it. Al-Masirah reported that two US strikes targeted al-Yatmah in Khabb wa ash Sha'af district of Al Jawf Governorate. Two airstrikes struck a likely Houthi communications site in Baraa. [...] Saba News Agency reported that US strikes in Yemen one day prior extensively damaged Saada Governorate. Al Masirah reported citing Yemeni Health Ministry that US strikes hit the Bani Qais area, killing two people and injuring a child. Al Masirah reported two US strikes on Kamaran.

• Yemen Data Project

  On 12 January 2024 the US launched strikes in Yemen against the Houthis in response to Houthi attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. The UK was the main partner of the US in the coalition bombing campaign with British fighter jets taking part in strikes. Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands and New Zealand were named as additional supporting nations under the banner of Operation Poseidon Archer. YDP established a new database when US-led strikes began.

• US–UK airstrikes on Yemen - Wikipedia

  On 30 May, the US and UK Armed Forces conducted strikes against 13 Houthi targets in the Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. US aircraft from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier and other US warships in the area carried out airstrikes against underground facilities, missile launchers, command and control sites, a Houthi ship and other sites in Yemen. Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4s also carried out strikes in Hodeida and against Houthi weapons and infrastructure. In Hodeida, the Houthis [...] On 13 March, the US conducted strikes against four unmanned aerial systems and one surface-to-air missile in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. On 14 March, The US conducted strikes against nine anti-ship missiles and two unmanned aerial vehicles in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. On 16 March, the US conducted strikes against five unmanned surface vessels and one UAV in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen that posed a threat to shipping in the region. [...] On 2 May, the US conducted strikes on three uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. On 13 May, the US conducted strikes on one uncrewed aerial system (UAS) in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. On 15 May, the US conducted strikes on four uncrewed aerial system (UAS) in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. On 22 May, the US conducted strikes on four uncrewed aerial system in the Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.

• Yemen: US Strikes on Port an Apparent War Crime

  US airstrikes in Yemen began on March 15 and continued until May 6, when President Donald Trump announced an end to the strikes. The US Defense Department said it had carried out over 1,000 strikes in Yemen between March 15 and April 29. [...] Share this via Facebook Share this via Bluesky Share this via X Share this via WhatsApp Share this via Email More sharing options Share this via LinkedIn Share this via Reddit Share this via Telegram Share this via Printer (Beirut) – US military strikes on the Ras Issa Port in Hodeidah, Yemen, on April 17, 2025, caused dozens of civilian casualties and significant damage to port infrastructure, Human Rights Watch said today. The attack should be investigated as a war crime. [...] The US has been implicated in laws-of-war violations in Yemen since it began “targeted killing operations” in 2002 against Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Those strikes continued until at least 2019 and killed many civilians, including 12 people attending a wedding in 2013. To Human Rights Watch’s knowledge, the US has never acknowledged or provided compensation for civilians harmed in this or other unlawful attacks.

• US airstrikes on Yemen - Wikipedia

  In late July, US officials uncovered an al-Qaeda plot (emanating from Yemen) which led the US to close down more than 20 embassies and diplomatic facilities across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. In response between July 27 and August 10, the US launched 9 strikes in Yemen; no drone strikes were reported for seven weeks prior to July 27; the strikes were intended to disrupt the plot and take out AQAP's top leadership cadre and senior operatives. [...] On April 20 and 21, 2014, three drone strikes by the US killed at least two dozen suspected AQAP members and destroyed one of the group's training camps in southern Yemen, according to a statement released by the Yemeni Interior Ministry. In a statement, the group admitted that five civilians had been wounded and three killed during the attack. [...] United States airstrikes in Yemen started after the September 11 attacks in the United States, when the US military attacked the Islamist militant presence in Yemen, in particular Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula using drone warfare. With the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen, the Saudi led coalition also attacked Houthi rebels using drone warfare. The Houthi military have as well used drone warfare to attack the Saudi led coalition and pro Yemen government troops. ## Background