255 Javier Jordán Drone attacks campaign in Yemen Figure 2. Geographical distribution of the air strikes Source: National Security Studies Program. New America Foundation. There are no official figures about the number of deaths caused by the air strikes. The sources that compile information about the actions in Yemen offer diverse estimates, which vary notably. According to the Programme of the New America Foundation, the strikes have led to the deaths of between 623 and 896 people. According to that source, the proportion of non-combatants killed was between 4 and 8.5%. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, a British think-tank that is also tracking the American actions, proposes a range of deaths that oscillates between 374 and 1,077, of which 72-171 were civilians. Finally, the count made by The Long War Journal, another of the sources that are most quoted in referring to this question, speaks of 301 deaths (including the 2002 attacks), of which 82 were civilian. The disparity in the figures is one further example of the difficulty existing when it comes to ascertaining the actual harm caused by the campaign. According to the Programme of the New America Foundation, air strikes have killed 23 commanding officers of a senior or mid-ranking level of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Table 1 sets out the names and the description of the ones, amongst these, who performed a more relevant function in the international planning of the terrorist organisation.
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