Houthis strike Yemen’s Aden: What that means

What the report says

Al Jazeera reported that Yemen’s Houthi movement, also known as Ansar Allah, carried out missile attacks on the presidential palace area and airport in Aden, the country’s interim capital, in a sharp escalation of fighting in Yemen. According to the report, the strike on the Al-Maashiq Presidential Palace on Thursday killed five people and wounded 16, while two missiles landed near Aden International Airport on Friday as a passenger flight was preparing to depart for Cairo. No casualties were reported at the airport.

The article said the Yemeni government, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, has operated from Aden since the Houthis took control of Sanaa in 2014. It noted that the palace is the seat of the internationally recognised government and that the airport attack was especially alarming because it came close to a civilian aircraft. Houthi officials said they were targeting military sites, while Yemeni authorities accused the group of hitting civilian and government facilities.

Al Jazeera placed the attacks in the context of renewed conflict after a period of relative calm under a 2022 truce. The piece said hostilities resumed in mid-2026, with fighting spreading along the Red Sea coast and around strategic areas such as the Bab al-Mandeb strait. The report also said the latest strikes drew condemnation from Saudi, Iranian, Canadian and UN-linked officials, underscoring concern that Yemen’s war is again becoming part of a wider regional confrontation.