Yemen’s Houthis call for immediate evacuation of Aden airport
The warning follows explosions and claims that a Saudi military cargo plane carrying weapons was at the airport, which serves as a humanitarian lifeline.
- 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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This article was first published through Cedarnews.net. To follow up on more news and exclusive reports, they visited us on our website. The France Press agency reported a source in the Aden police saying that a Houthi missile had landed at the city airport before the Houthi had issued an invitation to evacuate it.
Houthis strike Aden airport after evacuation warning, halting air traffic in southern Yemen
Yemen's Houthis launched an attack on the Aden airport after issuing evacuation warnings due to escalating violence. Residents reported hearing explosions near the facility, leading to a halt in air traffic operations. An aid source indicated that some UN staff had left just before the attack occurred. There were also reports of explosions heard in other parts of the city during the incident.
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