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- According to official information, at least 22 people died and another 50 were injured in a serious explosion at the airport in the Yemeni city of Aden.
- According to the organization, an employee of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Yemen also died.
- The explosion occurred shortly after a Saudi Arabian plane landed with the new Yemeni government.
- According to Information Minister Muammar Al-Erjani, the head of government and his members are doing well.
President Abed Rabbo Mansur Hadi swore in the 24 ministers of the newly formed government in a ceremony in Saudi Arabia on Saturday. The new government is made up of representatives from both the North and the South and follows an agreement that the warring parties agreed to in Saudi Arabia in 2019. The Yemeni government’s new alliance with southern separatists is supposed to resolve their power struggle. in the country in civil war.
UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths wrote on Twitter: “I condemn the attack on the Aden airport upon the arrival of the cabinet and the death and injury of many innocent civilians.” His condolences to all the mourners of the victims. Griffiths wanted the Kraft cabinet to “face the difficult tasks.” “This unacceptable act of violence is a tragic reminder of the importance of urgently returning Yemen to the path of peace.”
A desperately poor country
The country of the Arabian Peninsula is one of the poorest countries in the world. The civil war, in which a Saudi-led alliance has been fighting the Houthis since 2015, has significantly increased the suffering of the people. 24 million people, about 80 percent of the population, now depend on some form of humanitarian aid.
