Conflict & Security
Houthi missiles hit Aden presidential palace and airport in second attack this month
October 30, 2026 at 08:00 PM
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3 reports · 2 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 4 hours
MAMasrawy
القوات الحكومية اليمنية: الحوثيون استهدفوا مطار عدن وقصر معاشيق بصواريخ
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يواليوم السابع
صاروخان لميليشيا الحوثى يستهدفان قصر المعاشيق الرئاسى والمطار فى عدن اليمنية
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AJAl Jazeera English
‘Need a Plan B’: Yemenis in Aden prepare for another war as missiles fall
(opens the publisher’s site)Houthi missiles struck Aden's Maashiq presidential palace and airport in the evening, the second attack on the palace complex in two weeks.
- Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman said Houthi missiles targeted the airport and Maashiq palace in the evening.
- A strike on the presidential complex on October 15 killed 5 people and wounded 16.
- Resident Mohammed Abdul Malik said he had stockpiled food and prepared an exit route in case he must flee Aden.
- Professor Adeeb al-Shatri said the government must protect Aden, its temporary capital, with adequate air defenses.
- Colonel Maged Abdullah Al-Nuzaili, spokesman for Yemeni government forces, said the airport strikes contradict the Houthis' claims of lifting the siege.