Pentagon Acknowledges 153 Civilian Deaths in Yemen, Including Ethiopian Migrants

The Pentagon has acknowledged that its 2025 operations in Yemen killed 153 civilians, including about 68 mostly Ethiopian migrants in an April strike on a Saada detention centre.

The Pentagon review focused on three airstrikes in April 2025 that were launched during the US campaign against the Houthis when the militants were attacking commercial ships in the Red Sea, a crucial global trade route.

The unclassified Pentagon review sheds new light on civilian harm from the US campaign against Yemen’s Houthis.

Pentagon tells Congress US killed 153 civilians in Yemen air strikes MEE staff on Wed, 08/12/2026 - 19:33 The Houthis have resumed attacks on vessels in the Red Sea despite enduring hundreds of US air strikes A Yemeni man who was injured in US air strikes receives treatment at Al-Jumhuri

A Pentagon review has found that U.S. airstrikes targeting Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen last year killed more than 150 civilians

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ethiopian nationals accounted for 91% of the 13,687 migrants who arrived in Yemen in July 2026, making them by far the largest group of migrants recorded entering the conflict-affected country during the month, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

The U.S. military killed 153 civilians and injured more than 200 in three strikes in Yemen last year, according to a Pentagon assessment that offers new details about the civilian toll of the Trump administration’s campaign against Houthi rebels. The civilian casualties occurred during three U.S. strikes in April 2025,

The Pentagon told Congress this week that the U.S. military’s airstrikes against Houthi militants in Yemen last year resulted in 153 civilians killed and another 243 individuals injured in the Middle Eastern nation.  Following Houthi attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea early last year, President Trump authori

U.S. Strikes on Yemen Last Year Killed and Wounded Hundreds, Pentagon Finds  WSJ

The military operation was the first following Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s dismantling of an office focused on mitigating unintended casualties.