Houthi missiles hit the presidential palace complex in Aden, and the government said five people died. The Saudi-led coalition separately listed dozens of Houthi attacks on Saudi airports, ports and oil installations.
Yemen's Houthis fired missiles at the presidential palace complex in the southern city of Aden on Thursday, killing five people, the government said. It was the first attack of the current conflict between the Iran-aligned Houthis and Saudi Arabia on Aden's Al-Maashiq palace, the seat of Yemen's Saudi-backed and internationally recognised government.
Health minister Qasim Buhaibeh said five people were killed and 16 wounded, including guards and civilian employees. The prime minister and cabinet members were safe, according to Information Minister Moammar al-Eryani.
Houthis say they targeted a Saudi headquarters
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said fighters bombed what he described as the Saudi military operations headquarters in Aden. The Houthi-run news agency SABA said Saudi officers ran the headquarters and that weapons depots were there. Reuters could not independently verify the claims.
The conflict is a new theatre in the wider regional war that began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran in February. Fighting between the Houthis and Saudi-backed forces resumed last month, and last week government forces launched a campaign to recapture areas controlled by the Houthis, recovering ground near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a key shipping artery.
Coalition lists attacks on Saudi airports
On Thursday, the Saudi-led coalition said the Houthis had attempted to attack dozens of sites, including airports, ports and oil installations. Coalition spokesperson Turki al-Maliki said the Houthis had launched 20 attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh this month, killing 17 people and wounding 333 others.
Attacks on Abha airport near the Yemeni border killed three people and wounded 28, the coalition said. Maliki also said the coalition had destroyed 127 weapons storage facilities and launch platforms in Yemen's mountainous areas.
Shortly afterwards, the Houthi military spokesperson said Saudi airspace and airports were unsafe, renewing a warning to airlines while excluding airspace over the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. Saudi Arabia's civil defence authority issued early-warning alerts over potential threats in Najran and Jizan, then said the danger had passed.
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