Selected Violations During the Battle of Aden, March to July 2015 August 2019 Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen (GEE Yemen)

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Selected Violations During the Battle of Aden, March to July 2015 August 2019 Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen (GEE Yemen) LAHJ Tuban ﺗ ﻟﺤﺞ LEGEND April to July • Laying of 16,231 anti-personnel landmines and 11,168 Violations by Houthi-Saleh Forces anti-vehicle landmines in Aden and Lahj Governorate • Use of a prohibited weapon by Houthi-Saleh forces, Violations by Coalition and ADEN killing at least 38 and injuring at least 32 civilians Dar Sad Resistance Forces دار ﺳﻌﺪ ﻋﺪن 0 2.5 5 km 6 July and 9 July Khur Maksar • Airstrikes on Fyoush Cattle Market and Musa'ab Bin Omar School, Lahj ﺧﻮر ﻣﻜﴪ The names shown and designations used on this map do not imply ofﬁcial endorsement or • Indiscriminate attacks by Coalition forces, killing 51 acceptance of the United Nations. Ash Shaikh Outhman civilians and injuring 39, inc. IDP women and children اﻟﺸﻴﺦ ﻋﺜن 24 June 19 July • Artillery Strikes on a Sha'ab City University Dormitory by 30 June to 1 July • Mortar, Artillery and Sniper Fire on Civilian Houthi-Saleh forces • Artillery Strikes on al-Mansoura Neighbourhoods in Dar Saad • Indiscriminate attack by Houthi-Saleh forces, killing • Indiscriminate attacks by Houth-Saleh forces, killing at • Indiscriminate attacks killing 107 civilians and injuring three IDP civilians and injuring 29 least 35 civilians and injuring 40 198 civilians Al Mansura اﳌﻨﺼﻮرة 3 April Al Buraiqeh 20 April Sniper Attack on ICRC Ambulance in Khor Maksar • Attacks on al-Jumhuriyah Hospital and Staff • اﻟﱪﻳﻘﻪ • Attacks on medical staff, killing two • Attacks on a health facility and use of the facility for medical staff military purposes by Houthi-Saleh forces, depriving hundreds of civilians of specialized medical care and 6 May contributing to the death of patients • Mortar Strikes on al-Towaihi Pier • Indiscriminate attack by Houthi-Saleh forces, killing at least 60 civilians and injuring 40 16 July April ADEN • Airstrike on al-Husseini Shia Mosque • Sniper Fire on al-Qatiya'a Health Compound Destruction of a cultural site by Coalition forces • Attacks on a health facility and civilians by • ﻋــﺪ ن mid-June to 17 July Houthi-Saleh forces, killing 12 civilians and injuring 40 • Rocket Attacks on Bureiqa Peninsula • Attacks on civilian objects, and indiscriminate attacks on civilians by Houthi-Saleh forces, killing at least 5 Al Mualla اﳌﻌﻼ civilians, and injuring 12 Attawahi May 10 اﻟﺘﻮاﻫﻲ Gulf of Aden Craiter • Execution of Civilians and Houthis at Sri Hingraj Mataji Mandir Temple, Craiter ﻛﺮﻳﱰ Al Burayqah • Extrajudicial execution by Resistance forces of 4 اﻟﱪﻳﻘﺔ civilians and 2 ﬁghters Created: 30 July 2019 Authors: GEE Yemen, IMDA, ERS, OHCHR Sources: GEE Yemen, OCHA, OSM Contact: [email protected] standup4humanrights.org.

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