At Least 6 Explosions Strike Near Yemen Government Buildings in Aden, Witnesses Say
The strike hit the seat of Yemen’s internationally recognized government and left 16 wounded, officials said, as the Houthis denied carrying it out.
- On Thursday, Houthi rebels fired five ballistic missiles at the Al-Maashiq Palace in Aden, killing four people and wounding 10 others, though Prime Minister Shaya al-Zindani and cabinet members remained unharmed.
- Yemen's civil war has intensified as Saudi-led coalition forces push a counteroffensive, and the Iran-aligned Houthis respond with increased missile and drone attacks against government and Saudi positions.
- Contradicting government reports, Houthi-affiliated media stated they targeted "the headquarters of military operations, led by Saudi officers, at the Al-Maashiq Palace in Aden, as well as weapons depots belonging to them."
- Saturday's deadly airport strike in Riyadh, which killed 13 people and wounded around 300, preceded this attack, prompting Coalition spokesman Turki Al-Malki to demand the Houthis "immediately cease all terrorist operations targeting civilians and civilian facilities."
- These developments threaten to upend diplomatic efforts, as Riyadh accused Iran of encouraging the escalation and Dr. Rayed Krimly stated, "We think that the escalation by the Houthis at this latest stage of the conflict is encouraged by Iran.
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5 killed in presidential palace attack in Yemen's Aden
Five people were killed and 16 others wounded in an attack launched by the Houthi group on the presidential palace compound in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden, Yemen's government said on Thursday. The Houthis claimed Saudi military officers were killed or wounded in the attack.
Pro-Iranian Houthi rebels in Yemen launched a missile attack on the presidential palace in Aden, the government's interim capital, killing at least five people. As the Houthi offensive targeting mainland Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni government intensifies, Saudi Arabia accused Iran of inciting an escalation. According to Al Jazeera and other sources, Qassem Mohammed
Houthis hit Saudi coalition command centre in Aden attack
SANAA/ RIYADH - A Yemeni government minister says on condition of anonymity that a Houthi missile attack on the presidential palace in Aden had hit a command center of the Saudi-led coalition fighting against the group.
EADaily, 16 October 2026. In Yemen, five people died and 16 others were injured in a hit by Husite on a presidential palace in Aden, reporting to YemenInfo with reference to the Ministry of Health and the population.
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