Yemen’s Houthis call for immediate evacuation of Aden airport
- On Wednesday, Iran-aligned Houthis ordered an immediate evacuation of Aden international airport, where the internationally recognized, Saudi-backed government is based.
- Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree claimed the order followed the presence of a Saudi military cargo aircraft allegedly carrying weapons at the facility.
- The Houthi militia, which controls the northern capital of Sanaa, has repeatedly targeted this airport, a critical humanitarian lifeline for southern Yemen.
- Intensified fighting has shattered a 2022 UN-brokered truce, as the group pushes toward the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a strategic shipping chokepoint.
- This conflict forms a volatile front in the wider US-Israeli war on Iran, while aid agencies warn of rapidly deteriorating conditions affecting Yemen.
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Houthis target Aden airport, presidential palace with ballistic missiles: Yemeni military
ADEN — Yemen's military said Friday that the Houthi militia launched ballistic missiles targeting Aden International Airport and the Maashiq Presidential Palace in the southern city of Aden.Military spokesman Majed Abdullah Al-Nuzaili said in a statement that the Houthis had targeted the two facilities with ballistic missiles.The reported attacks came just one day after Aden International Airport resumed operations following a temporary suspensi…
Yemen's Houthi rebels on Friday sent a drone toward Medina and fired ballistic missiles at the presidential palace and airport in Aden. The Saudi-led coalition intercepted and destroyed the drone in the Medina area.
On Friday, Al-Houthi ' s militia renewed the targeting of the Aden International Airport and the Qasr al-Musmiq in Yemen with ballistic missiles, in a new escalation targeting vital installations and government headquarters.
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