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Houthis Strike Yemeni Government Headquarters in Aden
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In Short: Houthis launched a missile attack on Yemeni government headquarters in Aden, killing five and injuring 16.
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 attack targeted the Al-Maashiq palace, which serves as the seat of Yemen's Saudi-backed and internationally recognized government.
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the group had bombed what he described as the Saudi military operations headquarters in Aden, as part of their declared policy of targeting “Saudi reinforcements wherever they were located.”
The 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.
Meanwhile, verified video footage showed smoke above the presidential palace in Aden, confirming the extent of the damage.
The renewed fighting in Yemen has emerged as a spillover of the wider US-Iran war, which began with US-Israeli strikes against Iran on February 28.
The coalition said the Houthis had targeted the airport 20 times this month.
Houthis launched missiles and drones at the Al-Maashiq Presidential Palace in Aden, according to NewsCord.
The coalition confirmed attacking the station and other locations in an operation intended to “neutralize the capabilities of Houthis” to threaten Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and international waterways.
The Gulf Cooperation Council announced the postponement of the Gulf-European Summit, scheduled in Riyadh on October 24, citing the continued attempts by the terrorist Houthi militia to target the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its civilian assets.
The coalition said Houthi attacks on Abha airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia near the Yemeni border had killed three people and wounded 28.
The deadliest strike, on October 10, killed 12 people and injured 309 others.
What this adds
The attack on the Yemeni government's headquarters in Aden is the latest in a series of strikes by the Houthis against Saudi Arabia and Yemeni government targets.
The coalition's response to the attacks includes both defensive measures and offensive operations aimed at neutralizing Houthi capabilities.
Background
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).
What's confirmed
- The Houthi-run news agency SABA said the headquarters was run by Saudi officers.
- 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.
- Report us Related Topics missiles Houthis The Media Line Saudi Arabia Houthi attacks on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport on October 8, 10, and 11 killed at least 16 people.
- Houthis launched missiles and drones at the Al-Maashiq Presidential Palace in Aden.
- The coalition said the Houthis had targeted the airport 20 times this month.
What's still developing
- 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.
- 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.
- Elmasry said the Houthis also have an image crisis, with the global community viewing their actions as “reprehensible, in particular these targeting civilian infrastructure”.
- 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.
- The General Directorate of Civil Defence said two women, a man and a child were injured by debris from two intercepted cruise missiles in Riyadh, which also caused "limited material damage" to 15 homes in the city.
- Bloomberg reported that the post said the group was "purposefully trying to drive up Oil Prices" at Iran's direction before the Nov. 3 midterms.