Houthi missile hits Aden airport before group urges evacuation
A Houthi missile landed inside the grounds of Aden International Airport on Wednesday, a source in Aden's police told AFP. The group had called on people at the airport to leave immediately, the source said, and the missile fell before that call was issued. Yemen's Transport Ministry said the Houthis targeted the airport twice with ballistic missiles.
Why it matters
Aden airport is one of the main air gateways in government-held areas of Yemen, so attacks on it risk disrupting flights and deepening the humanitarian strain. The available reports do not mention any casualties at the airport.
Background
The Houthis are an armed group that controls large parts of Yemen, and Aden is a southern coastal city with an international airport. Yemen has been gripped by armed conflict for years, with repeated warnings about deteriorating humanitarian conditions.
Key points
- Al Jazeera reported that Yemen's Health Ministry warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis in Taiz.
- BBC Arabic's headline referred to 14 people killed in what it put in quotation marks as a "Saudi" attack on the city of Al-Hazm, with no further details in the available material.
How outlets covered it
Sky News Arabia and BBC Arabic relied for the incident on an Aden police source cited by AFP, who said a missile fell at the airport before the evacuation call. Al Jazeera focused on the Yemeni Transport Ministry's statement that the Houthis targeted the airport twice with ballistic missiles, which BBC Arabic also highlighted in its headline. Sky News Arabia described a single missile landing within the airport grounds, and the material does not clarify how that relates to the ministry's reference to two attacks. Al Jazeera and BBC Arabic each also carried a separate item in their headlines: the former on the humanitarian crisis in Taiz, the latter on 14 deaths in Al-Hazm.
How outlets headlined it
This is a brief summary. The full details and context are in the original coverage.
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- Coalition says it intercepted two ballistic missiles and four drones over southern Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Arabia reports one injured as debris from intercepted ballistic missile hits Asir
- Saudi-led coalition says it destroyed 3 Houthi ballistic missiles aimed at Khamis Mushait
- Saudi forces intercept Houthi missile aimed at Khamis Mushait as group claims strikes
- Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted Houthi ballistic missile
- Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted Houthi attacks; 4 hurt in Riyadh
- Houthis claim hit on Saudi warplane over Saada as missile aimed at Riyadh is intercepted
- Houthi missile attack on presidential palace in Aden leaves at least 4 dead
- Houthi attack on Aden's Maashiq palace leaves casualties as Riyadh accuses Tehran
- Saudi-led coalition reports intercepting drones and missiles as Tehran denies role
- Yemen says two Houthi missiles landed near passenger plane at Aden airport
- Russian embassy advises citizens to postpone travel to Saudi Arabia amid escalation with Houthis
- Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted two Houthi ballistic missiles
- Two Saudi pilots killed in helicopter crash near Yemen border
- Houthi attack on security camp in Yemen's Shabwa leaves dozens dead or wounded
- Houthis say they targeted Saudi defense ministry as coalition reports intercepting drones and missile
- UAE condemns Houthi attack on King Fahd International Airport that killed two
- Saudi-led coalition says it downed 4 drones over Riyadh and Medina as Houthis claim attacks
- Houthis renew threat to Riyadh airport as flights set to resume Sunday
- Saudi Arabia says debris from intercepted Houthi missiles fell in Mecca and Medina regions
- Houthis say they targeted Riyadh airport as coalition reports intercepting 10 missiles
- Two injured in southern Saudi Arabia by debris from intercepted ballistic missiles
- Houthi missile hits Aden airport before group urges evacuation
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