Yemen and the Red Sea

Reuters reports Houthi attack on Aden’s Maasheeq Palace; South24 cites five dead and 16 injured

This version is a correction.

ATTACK
Location
Aden, Yemen (city-level reference; Maasheeq Palace not geocoded)
Importance
Major

Reuters reported, citing officials, that the Houthis attacked the presidential palace complex in Aden and that the prime minister was unharmed. South24 said Yemen’s health minister announced that the toll from the Houthi missile attack on Maasheeq Palace had risen to five dead and 16 injured. Neither post states the attack date; the casualty figures are attributed to South24’s report of the minister.

  • Fatalities: Best 5 people · Confidence: Unknown · Evidence: Yemeni Health Minister announces toll from Houthi missile attack on Maasheeq Palace
  • Injuries: Best 16 people · Confidence: Unknown · Evidence: Yemeni Health Minister announces toll from Houthi missile attack on Maasheeq Palace

Verification: unverified

Evidence: Houthis attack presidential palace complex in Yemen’s Aden, PM unharmed, officials say, Yemeni Health Minister announces toll from Houthi missile attack on Maasheeq Palace

Reuters reports officials said the prime minister was unharmed; South24 says the health minister announced five dead and 16 injured. The attached posts do not date the attack, and no primary Yemeni government document was recovered.