In brief
A salvo of five ballistic missiles struck Yemen’s al‑Maashiq Palace in Aden, killing two security staff while injuring several others. The information minister confirmed the prime minister and other ministers were unharmed, and condemned the attack as a "cowardly" escalation by the Iran‑backed Houthis. The strike comes as a Saudi‑led coalition continues air support for Yemeni government forces, while the Houthis have intensified missile and drone attacks against Saudi infrastructure. The incident underscores the widening conflict that has drawn regional powers into a deadly struggle across the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf.
Two security personnel have been killed in a Houthi missile attack targeting the presidential palace in the port city of Aden, the seat of the internationally‑recognised government.
Information Minister Moammar al‑Eryani confirmed that the prime minister and other ministers were unharmed, although many others sustained injuries.
The Houthi military spokesman, Yahya Sarea, said the missiles struck “the Saudi enemy’s military operations headquarters in Aden” and called the strike a continuation of their criminal behaviour.
A Saudi‑led coalition backs the Yemeni government and has been providing air support in an offensive against the Iran‑backed Houthis. Yemen’s Prime Minister Shaya Zindani denounced the attack as “cowardly” and vowed that the government would not waver in its resolve to fight on the country’s south‑western Red Sea coast and other fronts.
The conflict, which erupted in 2014 when the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa, has escalated into a regional war involving Iran’s support for the Houthis and the Saudi‑led coalition’s intervention. Recent missile and drone assaults on Saudi airports, oil facilities and tankers have further aggravated tensions. The Houthis’ recent capture of territory near the Bab al‑Mandab Strait has heightened concerns over global shipping routes and fuel prices.
Since August 6, at least 1,282 people have died and 5,890 injured in the fighting, while the United Nations reports 201,000 displaced and a rise in suspected cholera cases.
