Yemen: air raid targets by Saudi-led coalition by sub-category 2018

This statistic illustrates the number of air raid targets in Yemen by Saudi-led coalition between March 2015 and March 2018, by sub-category. According to most recent data, the Saudi Arabian-led coalition performed about 1.5 thousand air raids on targets in residential areas in Yemen between March 2015 and March 2018.

Number of air raid targets on Yemen by Saudi Arabian-led coalition between March 2015 and March 2018, by sub-category

Characteristic	Number of air raids
Unknown	5,460
Military sites	3,396
Forces	1,968
Residential area	1,543
Transport	671
Moving targets (tanks)	490
Farms	456
Political figures	274
Vehicle & buses	269
Government compound	268
Private business	233
Schools	221
Market place	195
Communication	169
Weapon storage	161
Oil & gas	116
Water & electricity	110
Check points	92
Institute	89
Food storage	63
Sport facility	60
Private factory	59
Mosque	45
Historical building	43
Parks & resorts	39
University	32
Other cultural	27
Hospital	26
Political headquarter	23
Medical centres	20
Social gathering	16
Factory	14
Other military	14
Other education	13
Clinic	12
Other healthcare	12
Bank	11
Radio station	9
TV station	9
Diplomatic mission	8
UN	5
IDP camp	4
Journalist	3
INGO	1

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Release date

March 2018

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Region

Saudi Arabia, Yemen, MENA

Survey time period

March 26, 2015 to March 25, 2018

Supplementary notes

Yemen conflict summary:
Phase 1 - 2011. After the Arab Spring uprising in 2011, the longstanding and Saudi backed Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh stood down in favor of his deputy Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi. The country was unable to perform a stable political transition caused by not addressing issues of corruption, unemployment and poverty in due time. The political weakness of the new president Hadi was used by al-Qaeda and separatist movement to perform security attacks on the country.
Phase 2 - 2014. The power vacuum was used by the Houthi movement which is promoted by Zaidi Shia as well as disillusioned Sunni Muslims in Yemen to rebel openly and stronger against the government and to take over the capital Sanaa.
Phase 3 - 2015. Saudi Arabia-led intervention in the conflict was caused by two main factors. Firstly, Saudi Arabia shares a porous boarder with Yemen, the escalation was slowly compromising Saudi Arabia's own security. Furthermore, Saudi Arabia suspected that the Houthi Movement is backed by Iran, with whom they have shared a separate political conflict.

Saudi Arabia-led coalition incl.: United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Senegal, Sudan (Qatar until 2017).

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