Yemen’s Houthis attacked Aden airport yesterday, government officials said, after the Iran-aligned group warned people to evacuate the facility as fighting escalated in the impoverished country caught in the wider Middle East conflict.
Residents in the southern port city, where the internationally recognised, Saudi-backed government is based, said they heard an explosion near the airport, a humanitarian lifeline and the main gateway to southern Yemen.
Air traffic was halted after the strike, two transport ministry officials told Reuters.
An aid source said some UN staff left the airport shortly before the attack and no one was hurt.
Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree said in a post on X that the evacuation warning was prompted by what he said was the presence of a Saudi military cargo aircraft delivering weapons. There was no immediate comment from Saudi authorities.
The Houthis control the capital Sanaa and most of northwestern Yemen.
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