A late May ceasefire [8] between Yemen's Houthi rebels and the US appears to be holding, although Israel [9] and the Houthis are still in conflict, with the latter saying this week that they have joined [10] Iran's war effort. A new report [11] from casualty monitor AirWars looks at the civilian death toll during the 53 days of "Operation Rough Rider," when Trump escalated a long-running US bombing campaign in Yemen. The monitor says at least 224 civilians were killed between the operation's start in mid-March until the May truce, marking a massive escalation from previous US campaigns. If you also count the 258 civilians counted as killed in the previous 23 years of US operations against the Houthis, al-Qaeda, and other groups, it takes the overall civilian toll from US bombing in Yemen to almost 500.
From The New Humanitarian [13], June 20
