United States intervention in Yemen

US airstrikes in Yemen
	Part of the war on terror and the Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)
	; MQ-1 Predator commonly used in drone strikes in Yemen
Date	November 5, 2002; (1 day); December 17, 2009 – present; (16 years, 2 months and 26 days)
Location	Yemen
Status	Ongoing 380 drone strikes confirmed; 57 al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leaders confirmed killed; Numerous al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula bases destroyed; Most recent drone strike launched in September 2025;
Belligerents
United States CIA; USAF; United States Navy; United States Marine Corps;	Al-Qaeda AQAP Ansar al-Sharia; Al-Qaeda Emirate in Yemen Aden-Abyan Islamic Army; ; ; Council of Sunni Scholars and al-Jama'a; Hadrami Domestic Council faction; Al-Dhahab tribesmen; Supported by:; Al-Shabaab ; (2009–present) (alleged); Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb ; (2009–2017); Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent ; (2014–present); Al-Nusra Front ; (2012–2017); Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (from 2014) Military of ISIL; Wilayah al-Yemen; Wilayat Sanaa; Wilayat Aden-Abyan; Wilayah Lahij; Wilayah Green Brigade; Wilayah al-Bayda; Wilayah Shabwah; Wilayah Ataq; Wilayah Hadramawt;
Commanders and leaders
George W. Bush ; Barack Obama ; Joe Biden ; Donald Trump ; Donald Rumsfeld ; Robert Gates ; Leon Panetta ; Chuck Hagel ; Ash Carter ; Jim Mattis ; Mark Esper ; Lloyd Austin ; Pete Hegseth	Nasir al-Wuhayshi † ; Qasim al-Raymi † ; Abu Hamza al-Zinjibari † ; Said Ali al-Shihri † ; Khalid Batarfi ; Ibrahim al-Asiri † ; Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi † ; Anwar al-Awlaki † ; Othman al-Ghamdi † ; Ibrahim al-Rubaysh † ; Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari † ; Ibrahim al-Qosi (POW) ; Abdul-Malik al-Houthi
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
1 killed; 3 wounded; 1 V-22 Osprey crashed; 1 MQ-9 Reaper shot down	1,367–1,758 total killed, 1,251–1,609 militants killed (New America) or 846–1,159 militants killed (The Bureau of Investigative Journalism)
	116–149 civilians killed (New America) or 174–225 civilians killed (The Bureau of Investigative Journalism)

United States airstrikes in Yemen started after the September 11 attacks in the United States, when the US military attacked the Islamist militant presence in Yemen, in particular Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula using drone warfare.

With the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen, the Saudi led coalition also attacked Houthi rebels using drone warfare. The Houthi military have as well used drone warfare to attack the Saudi led coalition and pro Yemen government troops.