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Report: Trump Quietly Continued Drone War in Yemen
The Yemen Data Project said 21 drone strikes hit AQAP targets in Trump’s second term, with some attacks injuring civilians and drawing little public notice.
- President Trump has conducted at least 21 drone strikes targeting AQAP in Yemen since January 2025, according to the Yemen Data Project, though the campaign has received minimal media attention in the United States.
- During his first term, Trump dramatically expanded counterterror operations in Yemen, initiating a botched January 2017 raid that killed eight-year-old Nawar al-Awlaki and an American citizen tied to prior strikes.
- On December 8, 2025, a drone strike targeting an AQAP gathering in Marib Governorate injured a woman and a child, exemplifying the campaign's humanitarian toll amid ongoing strikes across Yemen.
- Separately, the administration conducted a bombing campaign against the Houthis, dubbed "Operation Rough Rider," from March 15, 2025, to May 6, 2025, involving missile strikes that killed more than 250 civilians.
- The U.S. military has not claimed credit for drone strikes against AQAP since 2020, the YDP notes, raising transparency concerns that complicate congressional and media oversight of ongoing counterterrorism operations in Yemen.
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Trump Continues Yemen Drone War With Virtually No Media Attention - News From Antiwar.com
Since starting his second term in January 2025, President Trump has continued a drone war in Yemen that has gone unnoticed in the US, according to a report from the Yemen Data Project (YDP). From January 2025 to March 2026, the YDP found 21 reports of US drone strikes in…
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