Conflicts to Watch in The New Millennium

Reports of War Crimes
Airstrikes in Yemen apparently violating the laws of war (selection)
HRW investigation of 10 Saudi-led coalition airstrikes, that took place between 11
April and 30 August 2015. HRW found either no evident military target or the
attack failed to distinguish civilians from military objectives, in apparent violation
of the laws of war.
Date
(In 2015)
Location/
Governorate
Objectives or Targets
Struck
Civilians Killed (At Least)
Men Women Children Total
Civilians
Injured
11 Apr Amran / Amran buildings in the town 1 2 1 4 1
12 May Abs / Hajjah
12 May
4 July
Zabid / Al
Hudaydah
6 July Amran
12 July
Muthalith Ahim
/ Al Hudaydah
Sanaʽa-Sawan
/ Sanaʽa
19 July Yarim / Ibb
24 July Mokha / Taiz
8 Aug Shara'a / Ibb
30
August
Abs / Hajjah
Abs/Kholan Prison and
other buildings in the town
Shagia market and lemon
grove in the town
21 1 3 25 18
39 13 8 60 155
marketplace in the village ? ? 3 65 105
1. Bawn market between
Amran und Raydah;
2. Jawb market outside the
town
muhamashee residential
neighborhood
residential homes and
buildings in the town
residential compound of
Mokha Steam Power Plant
homes in the village
(Radhma district)
Al-Sham Water Bottling
Factory in the outskirts of
the town
Civilian airstrike casualties for all 10 airstrikes,
investigated by HRW (report of 26 November 2015)
13 1 15 29 20
2 7 14 23
31
people
4 3 9 16 16
42 13 10 65 55
2 3 3 8 2
11 3 14 11
309 414
The war has received widespread criticism and had a dramatic worsening effect on the
humanitarian situation, that reached the level of a "humanitarian disaster" or
"humanitarian catastrophe". After the Saudi-led coalition declared the entire Saada
Governorate a military target, the UN's Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen and
Human Rights Watch expressed concern that the bombing there was unnecessarily
harming civilians. On 1 July UN declared for Yemen a "level-three" emergency—the
highest UN emergency level—for a period of six months. Human rights groups
repeatedly blamed the Saudi-led military coalition for killing civilians and destroying
health centers and other infrastructure with airstrikes. The de facto blockade left 78%
(20 million) of the Yemeni population in urgent need of food, water and medical aid. Aid
ships are allowed, but the bulk of commercial shipping, on which the country relies, is
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