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Houthis Strike Saudi-Backed Yemeni Government Headquarters
Confirmed
In Short: Houthis launched a missile attack on the Yemeni government's headquarters in Aden, killing five people and injuring 16, according to reports from ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Australia) and BBC (United Kingdom).
The Houthi-run news agency SABA stated that the targeted headquarters was run by Saudi officers, as reported by ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Australia).
Meanwhile, Timesofisrael (Israel) and Türkiye Today (Türkiye) reported that the Houthis had launched 20 attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh this month, resulting in 17 deaths and 333 injuries.
According to ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Australia), Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree claimed that the Houthis had bombed the Saudi military operations headquarters in Aden, part of their policy of targeting Saudi reinforcements.
BBC (United Kingdom) reported verified video footage showing smoke above the presidential palace in Aden, confirming the attack on the al-Maashiq palace, which serves as the headquarters of the Yemeni government.
The coalition spokesperson, Turki al-Maliki, told reporters that the coalition had destroyed 127 weapons storage facilities and launch platforms in Yemen's mountainous areas, calling for the Houthis to halt operations targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure.
Houthis also targeted Saudi Aramco’s headquarters in Dhahran, causing a limited fire, according to reports from BBC (United Kingdom) and News (Azerbaijan), Latest news from Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan).
The attacks on Saudi infrastructure have intensified, with the Houthis launching missiles and drones at the Al-Maashiq Presidential Palace in Aden, as reported by NewsCord and Al Jazeera (Qatar).
The Gulf Cooperation Council announced the postponement of the Gulf-European Summit scheduled for October 24 in Riyadh, citing the continued attempts by the Houthi militia to target the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its civilian assets.
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that the intensifying conflict could have negative spillovers for everyone, everywhere, as reported by Greaterkashmir.
The conflict in Yemen has escalated, with the Houthis resuming attacks on Saudi airports and oil facilities, as reported by Oilprice.
The attacks have emerged as a spillover of the wider US-Iran war, according to Latest news from Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan).
Despite the differing reports on the exact number of casualties and the extent of damage, all sources agree that the Houthis have intensified their attacks on Saudi and Yemeni infrastructure, causing significant casualties and damage.
What's confirmed
- Coalition spokesperson Turki al-Maliki told reporters that the Houthis had launched 20 attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh this month, killing 17 people and wounding 333 others.
- Houthi fighters have been attacking Saudi infrastructure. ( AP: STR ) Mr Maliki also said the coalition had destroyed 127 weapons storage facilities and launch platforms in Yemen's mountainous areas, calling on the Houthis to immediately halt operations targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure.
- The coalition said Houthi attacks on Abha airport in south-western Saudi Arabia near the Yemeni border had killed three people and wounded 28.
- On October 13, another attack damaged an administrative building at Saudi Aramco’s headquarters in Dhahran.
- The deadliest strike, on October 10, killed 12 people and injured 309 others.
- An administrative building at Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil giant Saudi Aramco in the eastern city of Dhahran was struck, triggering a limited fire, the Energy Ministry said Wednesday, as fighting between the kingdom and Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement intensified.
- In a statement issued Tuesday evening, the coalition confirmed attacking the station and other locations in an operation intended to "neutralizing the capabilities of Houthis" to threaten Saudi Arabia, Yemen and international waterways.
- Houthis launched missiles and drones at the Al-Maashiq Presidential Palace in Aden.
What's still developing
- Five people have been killed and 16 injured after the Houthis attacked the presidential palace in Aden, the seat of Yemen's Saudi-backed and internationally recognised government.
- A missile launched by Yemen's Houthi movement hit a building owned by Saudi Arabia's state oil company Aramco in the eastern city of Dhahran overnight, after a Saudi-led coalition struck a fuel depot near the Yemeni capital, Sanaa.
- The Houthi terrorist rebels launched a missile attack on the Yemeni government's headquarters in Aden on Thursday, killing two security guards and wounding six others, according to Yemeni officials.
- Meanwhile, Houthi forces have intensified their offensive against the city of Taiz, launching coordinated attacks from the west, east, and south in an attempt to tighten their siege and gain control of the city.
- He said the Houthis had obtained advanced technologies with help from regional actors and now possessed ballistic missiles, attack and suicide drones, and fast boats loaded with explosives.
- New Delhi, Oct 14: A missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi movement struck a building belonging to Saudi Arabia’s state oil company Aramco in the eastern city of Dhahran overnight, escalating the confrontation between the Iran-backed group and the Saudi-led coalition, the BBC reported.
- “Houthi terrorist militias fired several ballistic missiles at the densely populated city of Marib,” the government forces said on X.
- The Yemeni Information Minister Moammar al-Eryani said in a social media post on Thursday that Houthis had targeted the al-Maashiq presidential palace with five missiles.
- Elmasry said the Houthis also have an image crisis, with the global community viewing their actions as “reprehensible, in particular these targeting civilian infrastructure”.
- It said that in the past 24 hours its forces had carried out 2,200 strikes against Houthi positions, killing about 1,200 fighters and destroying or disabling more than 440 military vehicles and other assets.
- Yemen has been devastated by a civil war that began in 2014, when the Houthis ousted the internationally-recognised government from Sanaa.
- TotalEnergies Eyes Massive Profit Windfall as Refining Margins Soar Yemen's Houthis said Wednesday they will resume attacks on Saudi airports and oil facilities "in the coming days," after Saudi authorities reported a limited fire at Aramco's office complex in Dhahran during a Houthi missile attack Tuesday night.
Sources
- ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporationlink
- BBClink
- Israel National Newslink
- Latest news from Azerbaijanlink
- NewsCordlink
- Themedialinelink
- Türkiye Todaylink
- Ynetnewslink
- Greaterkashmirlink
- Timesofisraellink
- Al Jazeeralink
- Egyptindependentlink
- BBClink
- Oilpricelink
- Lbclink
- Al Jazeera English — video link