Bombings and Civilian Deaths at Record Low

Coalition air raids * continued to decline significantly in November with bombings down by 53% to 39 from the previous all-time low recorded in October . Civilian casualty numbers also fell by a third to 6 in November from 9 in the previous month. Over the entire aerial campaign only in July 2019 were there fewer civilian casualties recorded in a single month.



The trend of declining Saudi/UAE-led coalition air raids comes amid reports of intensified informal, indirect political talks between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis .



A single air raid was responsible for the 6 civilian casualties in November . The bombing on 1 November of a civilian house in a residential area in the district of Baqim in Sa'ada killed 2 civilians, including 1 woman and injured 4 more civilians, including 2 children. The two civilian deaths in November matched July 2019 for the lowest number of civilian fatalities recorded in a single month since the air war began in 2015.

Uptick in Air Raids in Al-Hudaydah

Saudi/UAE-led coalition air raids targeted 6 of Yemen's 22 governorates in November. 87% of bombings in the month hit the three most heavily bombed governorates of Sa'ada (22), Al-Hudaydah (6) and Hajja (6). Six air raids in Al-Hudaydah - including one on Ras Issa port - marked the highest number recorded in a single month in the governorate since January 2019. A tentative ceasefire in Al-Hudaydah announced in December 2018 led to a decline in bombings. Seven air raids were recorded in Al-Hudaydah from February to the end of September this year before a spike in bombings in October (4) and November (6). Share Tweet Forward

CIVILIAN CASUALTIES DOWN 33% ON OCTOBER 2019

AIR RAIDS DOWN 53%



TOTAL NUMBERS MARCH 2015 - NOVEMBER 2019

CIVILIAN CASUALTIES 18,346

AIR RAIDS 20,312

Saudi/UAE-led coalition air raids fell by 53% in November to 39 from 83 in October.

The highest number of air raids recorded in a single month remains September 2015 at 920. This was also the deadliest month in the air war when at least 756 civilians were killed and at least 566 injured.

April 2015 saw the highest number of civilian casualties (fatalities and injured) in a single month at 1,745.

In YDP's data the air raid* figure is the most conservative. The true number of individual airstrikes ranges from the minimum of 20,312 to a maximum airstrikes of 57,468 since March 2015. NOVEMBER 2019







In November, 13% of bombings hit civilian targets** 26% hit military targets. In 61% of air raids in November the target could not be identified. Of the 15 air raids where the target could be identified, a third of bombings hit non-military sites and two-thirds military . Of the 15 air raids where the target was identified in November 2019 10 hit armed forces, military sites and military moving targets.

3 hit residential areas, resulting in 6 civilian casualties

1 hit a farm

1 hit Ras Issa port - transport infrastructure Share Tweet Forward

MOST HEAVILY BOMBED GOVERNORATES NOVEMBER 2019

SA'ADA: Breakdown of districts targeted

Sa'ada continues to be the most heavily bombed governorate in the air war. In November, 22 air raids were recorded in the governorate, down from 41 in October. Sa'ada was the target of 56% of all coalition bombings in November. Six civilian casualties were recorded in a single air raid. Al-Dhaher on the western border of the governorate was the most heavily targeted district in the country in November with 7 air raids. Sa'ada has been the most heavily bombed governorate in Yemen since the Saudi/UAE-led air campaign began. Almost a quarter (24%) of all recorded air raids in Yemen since March 2015 have targeted Sa'ada . AL-HUDAYDAH: Breakdown of districts targeted

A tentative ceasefire has been in place in Al-Hudaydah since mid-December 2018. October and November saw a spike in coalition bombings in the governorate. Six air raids were recorded in November - the highest number of air raids in Al-Hudaydah since January 2019 - following 4 bombings in October . A total of 25 air raids have been recorded in Al-Hudaydah since the ceasefire came into force at midnight on 18 December 2018, including 6 air raids on fishing boats.

This is a notable reduction on the pre-ceasefire high of 103 air raids in Al-Hudaydah in November 2018. HAJJA: Breakdown of districts targeted

Hajja was, along with Al-Hudaydah, the second most heavily targeted governorate in November with 6 air raids. No civilian casualties were recorded. This was a 78% decline from the 27 air raids in the Hajja in October and the lowest number of bombings in the governorate since the 2016 ceasefire.

Since the declared ceasefire in Al-Hudaydah in mid-December 2018 air raids have focused on Hajja and Sa'ada. This shifted for the first time in November with an equal number of air raids in Al-Hudaydah as neighbouring Hajja. Share Tweet Forward