Pentagon: US strikes in Yemen killed 153 people, wounded 243 in 2025
– US military operations in Yemen killed 153 civilians and wounded 243 in 2025, a US official said on Tuesday, citing Pentagon assessments, marking a sharp increase from the previous year.
The figures represent a sharp increase from 2024, when Pentagon assessments found that two civilians were killed and two injured in US military operations.
A Pentagon report submitted to Congress and published by US media said all civilian deaths and injuries recorded in 2025 resulted from three US strikes in Yemen.
The report said US Central Command assessed that the three strikes, carried out in April 2025, “more likely than not” resulted in civilian harm.
The Pentagon also said that, as of February 2026, Central Command was assessing 15 other incidents in Yemen following reports received from non-governmental organisations.
The US military has said its operations in Yemen are aimed at degrading the capabilities of Houthi militants.
The Pentagon report did not include casualties from US strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific.
According to the report, as of February 1, 2026, US Southern Command assessed that there were no incidents in its area of responsibility in 2025 in which civilian casualties “more likely than not resulted” from US military operations.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump’s administration has carried out strikes on vessels it accuses of transporting narcotics in the eastern Pacific, describing those targeted as “narco-terrorists”.
US military strikes on the vessels have killed more than 200 people since September 2025, according to a Reuters tally based on death tolls released after each strike.
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have described the strikes as unlawful extrajudicial killings, while the American Civil Liberties Union has criticised the Trump administration’s allegations against those targeted as “unsubstantiated, fear-mongering claims”.
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