US strikes in Yemen killed 153 civilians in 2025, says Pentagon review

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

The Pentagon report said the US Central Command had assessed that the three strikes in April 2025 in Yemen "more likely than not" resulted in civilian harm.

Pentagon report reveals US military operations killed 153 civilians in 2025, a sharp increase from previous years. Learn more about the strikes in Yemen.

President Donald Trump's administration has struck vessels that it accuses of transporting narcotics in the Eastern Pacific, casting its targets as "narco-terrorists."

By Kanishka Singh and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - U.S. military operations in 2025 killed 153 civilians and wounded 243, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, citing Pentagon assessments. This compares with a Pentagon assessment that two civilians were killed and two were injured by U.S. military operations in

WASHINGTON, Aug 11 - U.S. military operations in 2025 killed 153 civilians and wounded 243, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, citing Pentagon assessments.

US military operations killed 153 civilians in 2025, official says, citing Pentagon assessment  Reuters

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

The Pentagon has acknowledged that U.S. military operations killed more than 150 civilians in 2025. The count did not include any deaths from airstrikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.

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.