A Houthi missile-and-drone strike on Aden’s al-Maashiq presidential complex on Oct. 15 killed five people and wounded 16, while Yemen’s prime minister and cabinet escaped harm, officials said.
The compound serves as the seat of Yemen’s internationally recognized, Saudi-backed government in the southern port city. Health Minister Qasim Buhaibeh announced the final toll; an earlier estimate cited by France 24 put casualties at two dead and six wounded. Information Minister Moammar al-Eryani said the Houthis fired five missiles at the complex, while witnesses reported multiple explosions nearby and smoke rising from the area.
Two of those killed were the prime minister’s bodyguards, according to the government, though officials did not immediately provide a full breakdown of the casualties. The Houthis claimed they had targeted a military operations headquarters used by Saudi officers, but that account could not be independently verified. The strike was a rare attack on the palace area and the first of its kind against the compound in the current phase of fighting, according to reports.
It came amid renewed clashes between the Houthis and Saudi-backed forces, with the Houthis also claiming attacks on Saudi military targets.