Yemen security sources report strikes on Aden

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Yemeni security sources reported Houthi strikes on Wednesday in Aden, the seat of the country's internationally recognised government, saying they had targeted camps belonging to…

Yemeni security sources reported Houthi strikes on Wednesday in Aden, the seat of the country's internationally recognised government, saying they had targeted camps belonging to forces fighting the Iran-backed group.

Earlier in the day, in Yemen's Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, crowds had gathered for the funeral of dozens of people killed last week in strikes blamed on Saudi Arabia, which also reported intercepting fresh attacks on Wednesday.

Yemen has been reeling from war since 2014, when the Houthis seized Sanaa, with a Saudi-led coalition entering the conflict a year later in support of the government.

In July, a fragile 2022 truce fell apart, and Saudi Arabia has since traded blows with the Houthis, who have struck Saudi airports, energy infrastructure and military sites.

The two Yemeni security sources told AFP that two missiles had targeted a camp of the Saudi-led coalition in Aden's west on Wednesday.

They said a third projectile, which they later identified as a drone, targeted another camp belonging to Yemeni forces in the city's centre, adding that it was intercepted.

Aden was attacked several times last month by the Houthis, including on October 15, when they launched a deadly missile strike on the presidential palace in Aden that killed four people, according to government military sources.

The Saudi-led coalition on Wednesday said it had "intercepted and destroyed 3 cruise missiles launched by the Houthi terrorist militia toward the Riyadh area".

Riyadh has been repeatedly attacked since hostilities resumed, with its international airport forced to close for two weeks last month following deadly strikes.

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