US strikes on the Houthis in Yemen (Operation Rough Rider)

Military operationConcluded Medium intensity Internationalized intrastate Middle East 15 Mar 2025 to 6 May 2025

From 15 March to early May 2025 the US carried out over 1,100 strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen to stop attacks on shipping. An Oman-mediated truce announced on 6 May 2025 ended the campaign; the Houthis stopped targeting US ships but kept attacking Israel. The truce with the US still held in May 2026.

Strike map

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Zones, lines of contact and strike arcs are approximate and illustrative, drawn from public reporting. They are not authoritative; click a shape for its sources. Borders from Natural Earth, with Crimea shown as part of Ukraine in line with UN General Assembly resolution 68/262.

Key facts

Strikes

Over 1,100 in 52 days (15 Mar - 5 May 2025)

CTC Sentinel (West Point) as of 30 Jun 2025

Targets hit by day 45

Over 1,000 (Pentagon statement, 29 Apr 2025)

Stars and Stripes as of 29 Apr 2025

US aircraft lost

2 F/A-18 Super Hornets; 7 MQ-9 Reaper drones shot down

CTC Sentinel (West Point) as of 30 Jun 2025

Estimated cost

Munitions over $1 billion; total near $2 billion (estimate)

CTC Sentinel (West Point) as of 30 Jun 2025

Deadliest strike

Ras Isa port, 17 Apr 2025: 80 civilians killed (Pentagon assessment)

CBS News as of 11 Aug 2026

Reported strikes

Date	Target	By	Source
6 Apr 2025	Near Sanaa (5 civilians killed per Pentagon; origin approximate: carrier in Red Sea)	United States	CBS News as of 11 Aug 2026
17 Apr 2025	Ras Isa fuel port (origin approximate: carrier in Red Sea)	United States	CBS News as of 11 Aug 2026
28 Apr 2025	Near Saada (68 civilians killed per Pentagon; origin approximate)	United States	CBS News as of 11 Aug 2026

Arcs on the map run from the reported launch area to the target and are approximate.

Human cost

Fatalities

153–258range across 2 sources

153 confirmedCBS News (Pentagon report to Congress) as of 11 Aug 2026Civilians killed by US strikes during Operation Rough Rider, as acknowledged by the Pentagon (three incidents).
258 estimatedCBS News (citing Airwars) as of 11 Aug 2026Civilians who may have been killed by US strikes, Airwars estimate ('at least'). Houthi fighter deaths not publicly counted.

People displaced

No sourced figure available

Parties and actors

United States Armed Forces (CENTCOM) State armed forces · aligned with United States
Ansar Allah (Houthi movement) Non-state armed group (de facto authority in northern Yemen) · aligned with Houthis

Parties are listed factually by name and role. Inclusion does not imply any judgement.

Negotiations

Negotiations hub

US-Houthi truce Ceasefire

Parties: United States, Ansar Allah (Houthis)
Mediators: Oman
Last development: 6 May 2025

Oman announced on 6 May 2025 that neither side would target the other, including US ships in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab. It did not cover Houthi attacks on Israel.

Al Jazeera as of 6 May 2025

Sources and further reading

CBS News (Pentagon report to Congress) as of 11 Aug 2026
CBS News (citing Airwars) as of 11 Aug 2026
Al Jazeera as of 6 May 2025
CTC Sentinel (West Point) as of 30 Jun 2025
Stars and Stripes as of 29 Apr 2025
CBS News as of 11 Aug 2026
CTC Sentinel: An Assessment of Operation Rough Rider as of 2 Oct 2026
CRS: Yemen in Brief as of 2 Oct 2026