Members of Yemen’s newly formed cabinet, including Prime Minister Maini Abdulmalik Saeed, were greeted with a loud bang after his plane landed in the city of Aden on Wednesday, with an official calling it a “cowardly terrorist attack.” Iranian-backed Houthi army. ”
A local security source told Reuters that three mortar shells hit the airport terminal, killing at least five people and injuring dozens. No government officials were injured, according to reports.
Video of the event Broadcasting on a television channel began with a loud blast as people were getting out of the plane, and viewers would start running. Smoke was then seen outside the airport’s terminal building, followed by gunfire. The feed is then cut.
After the arrival of the newly formed Yemeni government in Aden on December 20, the dust rose after the explosions at Aden Airport. (Reuters)
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Images shared on social media from the scene also showed shattered and broken glass near the airport building and at least two lifeless bodies, one of which was lying on the ground. In another image, a man was trying to help another man, whose clothes were torn to get off the ground.
Yemeni government official Iran later backed the Houthi rebels To carry out violence.
“We assure the people of our great people that all members of the government are equal, and we assure you that the cowardly terrorist attack carried out by the Iranian-backed Houthi army against Edin Airport will not deter us from carrying out our patriotic duty and Will not be more valuable than, “his information, culture and tourism minister Muammar al-Ariani wrote in a tweet.
He added, “We have pity on the souls of the martyrs and we wish the injured a speedy recovery.”
People reacted to the dust rising after the explosions at Aden Airport.
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The government of Saudi-backed Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi is at war with Iran’s ally Houthi rebels, who control much of northern Yemen as well as the country’s capital, Sanaa.
Last year, Houthis fired missiles at a military parade of newly graduated fighters loyal to the UAE at a military base in Ethan, killing dozens.
The delegation was returning to Aden as part of a change last week following an agreement with rival southern separatists backed by the UAE. Yemen’s internationally recognized country has largely worked since self-imposed deportations in the Saudi capital Riyadh during the country’s years-long civil war.
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President Hadi, who is in exile in Saudi Arabia, announced a cabinet reshuffle earlier this month.
The change was seen as a major step towards ending the dangerous rift between his government and southern separatists.
The Associated Press contributes to this report.
