YEMEN: Houthi Rebels Resume Shelling Aden Airport And Container Port

ADEN, Yemen

• Houthi militia resumed their shelling of Aden on Saturday, 24 October, with two ballistic missiles hitting Aden International Airport and the adjacent Al-Nasr camp in Khormaksar district.
• A third ballistic missile struck coast guard training institute near Aden Container Terminal in Al-Tawahi district.
• One missile landed in a residential neighborhood in Al-Tawahi, indicating likely civilian casualties.
• Incident constituted the Houthis fourth shelling of Aden in less than two weeks.
• The Aden-based Yemen Ministry of Transport has since condemned the targeting of Aden International Airport for fourth time this month.
• It stated the airport serves civilian transport, humanitarian aid and medical evacuations and enjoys protection under international law.
• The Ministry called on international community, United Nations and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to condemn attacks and enforce protection of civilian airports.
• On October 21, Aden International Airport was struck by ballistic missiles during departure of civilian flights to Amman and Cairo.
• On October 15, the Houthi group fired five ballistic missiles at the Maashiq presidential palace during a meeting of the internationally recognized Yemeni government.
• Attacks occurred amid escalating clashes between government forces and Houthi group on multiple fronts.

Sources:

• Al Mushahid
• Yemen Ministry of Transport