Report: The US military kills more than 1,000 people in strikes in Trump’s first year equivalent to raids across Biden’s entire term
Since the return of Donald Trump, the self-proclaimed “peace chief” to the White House a year ago, the US military has carried out a number of airstrikes similar to those carried out during Joe Biden’s entire presidency, according to a tally by NGO, US based, Armed Conflict Location & Event Data.
With the strikes carried out by US aircraft on Venezuelan air defenses during the capture of Nicolas Maduro on January 3, the total number of strikes carried out since Trump took office on January 20, 2025, brings to 672 airstrikes or drones, compared to 694 during Joe Biden’s entire term (2021-2025).
ACLED counts strikes and casualties by collecting data from various sources it considers reliable (media, institutions, and local partners).
Yemen has targeted at least seven out of 10 strikes over the past year, most of them in operations targeting Houthis.
Nearly two out of ten of the strikes targeted Islamist movements in Somalia.
The United States has also carried out air strikes in Nigeria, Syria, Iraq and Iran, and since September has been carrying out strikes targeting boats it says are smuggling drugs in the Caribbean and Pacific.
The strikes have killed more than 1,000 people, including civilians, according to the count of ACLED.
