Yemen accuses Houthis of targeting displacement camp with 3 ballistic missiles
- Information Ministry gives no details on casualties or damage following reported attack west of interim capital
By Shukri Hussein and Tarek Chouiref
ADEN, Yemen/ISTANBUL (AA) – Yemen’s Information Ministry on Sunday accused the Houthi group of targeting a camp for displaced people west of Aden with three ballistic missiles.
The ministry identified the site as a displacement camp in Ras Imran, west of the country’s interim capital, but gave no details on casualties or damage.
Earlier Sunday, local sources told Anadolu that a ballistic missile they attributed to the Houthis had exploded near a government military camp in western Aden.
It landed in an uninhabited sandy area behind an iron factory in Bir Ahmed in Al-Buraiqa district, causing no casualties or damage, the sources said.
The reports came a day after Yemen’s Interior Ministry accused the Houthis of firing three ballistic missiles at two coast guard facilities in Aden. The group acknowledged attacking two military sites in the city.
Three powerful explosions were heard across Aden on Saturday afternoon, with no official casualty or damage figures announced.
The Information Ministry also accused the Houthis of targeting Aden International Airport and the port in Al-Tawahi on Saturday.
Transport Minister Mohsen Ali Haidara said the airport had come under Houthi attack for the fourth consecutive time.
The Interior Ministry said the attacks followed repeated missile and drone strikes against civilian and vital infrastructure in Aden, including its airport.
Yemen has been engulfed in conflict since the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa and other provinces in 2014, prompting a Saudi-led coalition to intervene in 2015 in support of the internationally recognized government.
The Houthis control much of northern and western Yemen, including the capital Sanaa, while the internationally recognized government and allied forces retain Aden and substantial areas of southern and eastern Yemen. However, renewed fighting has shifted front lines, particularly along the Red Sea coast, and control of some areas remains contested.
Tarek Chouiref,Shukri Hussein