Houthi missiles strike Aden airport
by Not A Charm: TRT World
Houthis confirmed they hit a Saudi-backed coalition command center in Aden plus weapons depots at Badr camp. Two more missiles landed near an active runway at Aden International Airport while a Yemeni Airways flight bound for Cairo was prepping to take off, just meters away. No passengers got hurt though Mohammar El-Riani called it a direct threat to civilian lives and aviation safety. This marks the third attack since escalation started with Ansar Allah military spokesperson Yahya Sariya saying Saudi jets launched strikes on Sana'a bringing total raids to 2,489. Task forces loyal to the recognized government say they repelled wide-scale attacks as battles drag into their 42nd consecutive day. The strikes follow a deadly blow to the presidential palace the previous day while details keep emerging. #TRTWorld
Transcript (en)
For the third time since the recent escalation began, the Houthi group Nuna Zansarla attacked the coastal city of Aden, targeting what it described as enemy mobilization. Aden's police sources said two missiles landed a Friday in an area near Aden International Airport, while two explosions were heard from the airport's vicinity. The Houthi group claimed responsibility for targeting what it said was the headquarters of Saudi forces at Badr camp in Aden government and weapons departs there. For his part, the Minister of Information and the internationally recognized government, Mohammar El-Riani, said the Houthi group's targeting of alien airports with two missiles, while a Yemeni Airways flight bound for Cairo was preparing to take off almost cause a humanitarian disaster, describing it as a direct threat to civilians' lives and aviation safety. In task forces loyal to the internationally recognized government announced they had repelled wide-scale Houthi attacks in the south and west of the government and inflicted heavy losses on the group as battles continued for the 42nd consecutive day. Ansar Allah Houthi's neither confirmed nor denied these revelations. On the other side, Ansar Allah Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sariya said Saudi fighter jets launched 101 air strikes and missiles in 24 hours on what he described as civilian infrastructure in Sana'a and several government causing civilian casualties and that the total number of air raids since the start of the escalation had reached 2,489.
