2013 Radda airstrike
On December 12, 2013, a U.S. drone strike hit a wedding procession in the Radda District, Yemen, killing 12 to 17 people.{{Cite web |date=2013-12-12 |title=Official: U.S. drone attack in Yemen kills wedding guests - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/official-us-drone-attack-in-yemen-kills-wedding-guests/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=CBS News |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Ackerman |first=Spencer |last2= |date=2013-12-12 |title=Air strike in Yemen kills 15 wedding guests mistaken for al-Qaida – officials |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/12/air-strike-yemen-15-wedding-guest-killed-mistaken-al-qaida |access-date=2024-02-28 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite news |last=al-Haj |first=Ahmed |date=2023-05-17 |title=Officials: U.S. drone strike kills 13 in Yemen |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/officials-us-drone-strike-kills-13-in-yemen/2013/12/12/3b070f0a-6375-11e3-91b3-f2bb96304e34_story.html |access-date=2024-02-28 |newspaper=Washington Post}}{{Cite web |last1=Casey-Baker |first1=Mary |last2=Haber |first2=Joshua |date=2024-02-28 |title=Apparent U.S. Drone Strike Hits Wedding Convoy in Yemen |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/12/13/apparent-u-s-drone-strike-hits-wedding-convoy-in-yemen/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=Foreign Policy |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last1=Heyms |first1=Christof |last2=Emmerson |first2=Ben |last3=Méndez |first3=Juan E. |date=2013-12-20 |title=Internal Communication Clearance Form |url=https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadPublicCommunicationFile?gId=19058 |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=spcommreports.ohchr.org}}
According to locals, the wedding procession involved people following the groom as he traveled to the bride's residence.{{Cite web |last=Friedersdorf |first=Conor |date=2014-01-09 |title=The Wedding That a U.S. Drone Strike Turned Into a Funeral |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/01/the-wedding-that-a-us-drone-strike-turned-into-a-funeral/282936/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}} Out of the 11 vehicles present, 4 were targeted.{{Cite news |last=Almasmari |first=Hakim |date=2013-12-13 |title=Yemen says U.S. drone struck a wedding convoy, killing 14 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/12/world/meast/yemen-u-s-drone-wedding/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |work=CNN}} All of those killed were men. Yemeni officials claimed they were mistaken for members of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.{{Cite web |date=2013-12-13 |title=Yemen: Death of 15 civilians in airstrike underscores serious lack of accountability |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2013/12/yemen-death-civilians-airstrike-underscores-serious-lack-accountability/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=Amnesty International}} Further investigation revealed that four missiles were fired in total.{{Cite web |last=Devereaux |first=Ryan |date=2014-02-20 |title=New Details of Attack on Yemeni Wedding Prompt More Demands Obama Explain Drone Policy |url=https://theintercept.com/2014/02/20/report-yemen-wedding-drone-strike-may-violated-laws-war/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=The Intercept |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Dozier |first=Kimberly |date=2014-02-20 |title=Report: U.S. drone strike may have killed up to a dozen civilians in Yemen |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/report-u-s-drones-may-killed-civilians |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=PBS NewsHour |language=en-us}}
On January 7, 2014, the Obama administration announced they were doing an investigation into the event, although no further update on its progress or conclusion was ever made.{{Cite web |last=Isikoff |first=Michael |date=2014-01-08 |title=Yemenis: Drone Strike 'Turned Wedding into Funeral' |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/yemenis-drone-strike-turned-wedding-funeral-n5781 |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=NBC News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Draper |first=Lucy |date=2014-12-12 |title=The Wedding That Became a Funeral: U.S. Still Silent One Year on From Deadly Yemen Drone Strike |url=https://www.newsweek.com/wedding-became-funeral-us-still-silent-one-year-deadly-yemen-drone-strike-291403 |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}
On August 18, 2014, it was reported that the Yemeni government would pay YRIs 1 million to the victims' families.{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Greg |date=2023-04-15 |title=Yemeni victims of U.S. military drone strike get more than $1 million in compensation |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/yemeni-victims-of-us-military-drone-strike-get-more-than-1million-in-compensation/2014/08/18/670926f0-26e4-11e4-8593-da634b334390_story.html |access-date=2024-02-28 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}