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Yemen Data Project: Collating data on political violence and Saudi coalition air raids.
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February 2018
Continued rise in air raids targeting non-military sites
New data project on countrywide political violence

Further rise in non-military targeting 

Air raids on non-military targets were almost treble those on military sites in January.

Continuing the shift seen in December 2017, the Yemen Data Project recorded almost three times as many Saudi coalition air raids* targeting non-military sites (122) than military sites (44) in January. The number of air raids in January (320) fell 41% from the December 2017 (541) spike.

This continued trend of increased targeting of non-military sites contrasts with the overall pattern of air raids since the start of the air campaign. From March 2015 to December 2017 almost one third of all targets (31%) were non-military and 38% military. In January, 38% of air raids targeted non-military sites, up 2% on December, with just 14% targeting military sites. In 48% of air raids in January the target was categorised as unknown.
 

January 2018


 320 air raids

  ↓ 41% on December 2017
↓ 30% below monthly average

38% targeted non-military sites ↑ 2% on December 2017
14% targeted military sites ↓ 24% on 2015 - 2017

Total air raids* 26 March 2015 to 31 January 2018: 16,080
A total of 320 Saudi coalition air raids targeted Yemen in January, 221 less than in the previous month of December 2017 and 30% below the monthly average of 459 air raids per month since the air campaign began in March 2015.
Air raids targeted 12 of Yemen's 22 governorates in January. 
The highest number of  air raids recorded in a single month was September 2015, at 920. 
Breakdown of districts targeted
Sa'ada remained the most heavily targeted governorate in the first month of 2018 with 139 air raids recorded, compared to 149 in December 2017. Kitaf Wa Al-Boqe'e was the most heavily bombed district in Sa'ada with 42 air raids. 
Breakdown of districts targeted
Taiz was the second most heavily targeted governorate in January 2018 with 35 air raids. Al-Taiziyah was the most heavily bombed district with 10 air raids.
In the sub-categories of targets in January 2018 
  • 45 air raids targeted residential areas 
  • 13 targeted vehicles and buses
  • 14 targeted farms 
  • 4 targeted markets 
  • 3 targeted schools 
  • 2 targeted water and electricity sites 
  • 1 targeted medical facilities 
Sub-categories of air raid targets

January 2018


 

 
New data on countrywide political violence
in collaboration with ACLED
New data released on political violence

In a new data collection project, YDP is working with the Armed Conflict and Event Data Project (ACLED) to collate data on political violence and protest events across Yemen. 

In January, ACLED released the first set of data from a collaborative project with YDP.
This data project is particularly valuable given the very limited publically available data on violence and fatalities in the current conflict. Widely cited official UN figures have remained unchanged since the end of 2016.


A total of 7,862 events** were recorded in the ACLED/YDP 2017 dataset with 17,029 fatalities**. 
For more details, interactive graphics, and political violence map visit ACLED's website.


The ACLED/YDP data project is ongoing and live data from 2018 is regularly updated and available to download. Historical data, including 2015 and 2016 datasets, will be released later this year.



 
FOR MORE DETAILS AND COMMENT PLEASE CONTACT:

Iona Craig (UK) +447446598852 iona.craig@yemendataproject.org

The Yemen Data Project is an independent, not-for-profit data collection project. For more on who we are and on the methodology of our data collection please visit Yemen Data Project: www.yemendataproject.org

The full dataset collated by the Yemen Data Project of air raids carried out from 26th March 2015 to 15th December 2017 is available to download here. An overview of that data is available here.

The Yemen Data Project's dataset is licenced under creative commons. You are therefore free to reuse the data but we ask that you please cite the Yemen Data Project and link back to the dataset. 
*Air raid refers to a single incident or air raid, which in turn may comprise multiple airstrikes. It is not possible to generate an average number of airstrikes per air raid as these vary greatly, from a couple of airstrikes up to several dozen per air raid. For example, in the case of a so-called 'double-tap' strike where first responders appear to be targeted by at least one follow up bombing this would be counted as one incident or, as calculated here, one air  raid.

**The methodology used in ACLED data collection differs from the methods used to collate data on the YDP air raids project. See ACLED methodology for more details. 
 
Copyright © 2017 The Yemen Data Project. All rights reserved.

For further information on the Yemen Data Project please visit www.yemendataproject.org or contact the project's volunteer spokesperson, Iona Craig: iona.craig@yemendataproject.org 
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