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At least 10 people died and dozens more They were injured today in an attack on the Aden airport shortly after the landing of the plane carrying Saudi Arabia the government of Yemen recently formed, a source in local security forces told Reuters.
Strong explosions and pyre heard at the airport shortly after the plane arrived, eyewitnesses said.
Members of the government, including the prime minister Maine Abdulmalikas well as the Saudi ambassador to Yemen Mohammed Saeed al-Jaber, were transported safely to the city’s presidential palace, Saudi eyewitnesses and media reported.
A source from the local security forces stated that three mortar shells fell in the airport hall.
The newly formed government includes the government of the president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and the southern separatists. The two groups are the main Yemeni factions in the southern-backed, Saudi-backed alliance fighting the Houthi movement, which has allied with Iran and controls the north.
Saudi state television network Ekhbaria broadcast images with damaged vehicles and broken glass. White smoke rose from the place.
Violent conflicts in the southern port of Aden due to a dispute between the separatists and the Hady government. Separatists (Southern Transitional Council (STC)) seeking independence for southern Yemen declared Aden autonomy earlier this year, sparking violent clashes and complicating UN efforts to achieve a ceasefire. enduring in the general conflict.
The Saudi-led coalition announced earlier this month the new cabinet, which includes separatists.
This government came from Riyadh, where the two parties negotiated for more than a year mediated by Saudi Arabia.
