5 dead as Houthis target Yemen’s Presidential Palace in Aden with ballistic missiles
16 others also injured at Al-Maashiq Presidential Palace, health minister says
ADEN, Yemen (MNTV) – Five people were killed and 16 others injured when the Houthi group targeted the Al-Maashiq Presidential Palace in the Yemeni interim capital of Aden with ballistic missiles on Thursday, according to Yemen’s health minister.
A government source told Anadolu that the attack involved five ballistic missiles, and that several members of the government were inside the palace at the time of the attack.
Yemeni Health Minister Qassem Buhaibeh said on US social media company Facebook that the casualties were guards and civilian employees working at the presidential complex.
He described the attack as “a repeat of the targeting of the Yemeni government at Aden airport in December 2020.”
“The government will continue carrying out its duties among the public”, he said.
The Information Ministry said Prime Minister Shaya al-Zindani and members of the government were “safe” after the attack.
Social media users circulated video clips showing columns of smoke rising from inside the Al-Maashiq Palace.
The government-run Saba news agency also reported that the Houthis attacked residential neighborhoods in the city of Marib with “several ballistic missiles.”
Earlier, the agency also said the group shelled civilian homes in the area surrounding the palace.
The Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV also cited an unnamed military source who confirmed that the palace had been targeted, without providing details.
The attack marks the first of its kind on the palace since fighting between the Houthis and the internationally recognized government resumed in July.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said on Telegram that the group targeted “Saudi war operations headquarters” in Aden, and that it considers “any Saudi military presence a legitimate target” for attacks.
Yemen has been mired in conflict since the Houthis seized the national capital, Sanaa, in 2014, forcing the internationally recognized government from the capital. A Saudi-led coalition intervened militarily in support of the government in 2015. The current escalation began in July after a 2022 truce collapsed.
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