Houthi Rebels in Yemen Launch Missile Attack on Aden Airport... At Least 25 Dead

25 Dead and 110 Injured
Prime Minister and All Government Ministers Safe After Plane Landing
"Four Ballistic Missiles Fell"... Suspected Houthi Rebel Attack

On the 30th (local time), a large explosion occurred at Aden International Airport in southern Yemen, causing people to evacuate. Major foreign media reported that the explosion happened immediately after the newly formed Yemeni government ministers disembarked from the plane. Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik and the Yemeni government ministers who got off the plane safely moved to the presidential palace in Aden. Aden (Yemen) = Reuters·Yonhap Photo by Reuters Yonhap

[Asia Economy Reporter Ryu Tae-min] At Aden International Airport in southern Yemen on the 30th (local time), a missile attack presumed to have been carried out by the Yemeni Houthi rebels killed at least 25 people and seriously injured 110.

According to the AP News on the day, shortly after the plane carrying Yemen's new prime minister and cabinet members landed at Aden Airport, three large explosions occurred. Citing Yemeni government officials, AP News reported, "Four ballistic missiles fell on the airport." Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik of Yemen and government officials who were disembarking from the plane safely moved to the presidential palace in Aden. Prime Minister Maeen condemned the attack on Twitter, saying, "The government officials, including myself, are safe," and called it a "cowardly terrorist attack."

The exact identity of those who carried out this terrorist attack is not known, but the Yemeni government suspects it was the Houthi rebels supported by Iran. Muammar Al-Eryani, the Minister of Information, stated on Twitter, "This attack only strengthens our determination to restore the nation's stability."

Aden has been the temporary capital where the Yemeni government took refuge after the Houthi rebels, a Shia armed group supported by Iran, captured the capital Sana'a following the outbreak of the Yemeni civil war in 2015. President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi fled to Saudi Arabia after the civil war intensified, and the Saudi-led Arab coalition has been supporting the Yemeni government led by President Hadi, engaging in combat with the Houthi rebels for over five years.

In addition to the explosions on the day, there was reportedly another attempted terrorist attack. According to Saudi Arabia's state-owned Al-Arabiya TV, the Saudi-Yemeni coalition air force shot down a drone carrying bombs that was flying to attack the presidential palace.

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