...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
i government officials that arrived in the port-city of Aden on Wednesday were surprised with a massive blast at the airport, several eyewitnesses reported this afternoon.
According to local reports, the Yemeni government delegation arrived at the Aden International Airport, when a number of explosions erupted due to missile fire.
While it remains unknown who targeted the airport, RT Arabic reported that the missiles targeted a reception hall at the airport, pointing out that there is a risk that the airport will be exposed to more attacks.
Following the attack, RT Arabic released a video from the scene of the airport, showing the damage caused by the powerful explosions on Wednesday.
The Yemeni government has yet to release a corpse count from today’s explosion.
No group has grabbed credit for today’s attack.
Houthi forces issue first statement after devastating explosions at Aden Airport
[AlMasdar] The Ansarallah Movement, also known as the Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is
God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the JewsThey like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
forces, commented on the targeting of the Aden International Airport on Wednesday, which resulted in the death of ten people and the hospitalization of 20 others.
According to a statement on Wednesday, the Ansarallah Movement denied having anything to do with the attack on the airport, in conjunction with the arrival of the Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
i government to Aden.
The Minister of Information in Sanaa, Dhaifallah al-Shami, said that "the confused statements of the government of Riyadh’s mercenaries about the earth-shattering kabooms at Aden airport raise question marks."
Dhaifallah al-Shami added on his Twitter account that this accusation was "an attempt to cover up their crimes against civilians and to settle the inter-accounts of mercenary parties."
Earlier in the day, three explosions rocked the terminal at Aden International Airport, coinciding with the arrival of a plane carrying the government to the airport runway, killing 10 and wounding more than 20 others present near the site of the earth-shattering kabooms, while the Prime Minister and its members were transported to the presidential palace.
The Saudi ambassador to Yemen, Muhammad Al Jaber, said on Twitter, that " targeting the Yemeni government upon its arrival at Aden airport is a cowardly terrorist act targeting all the Yemeni people, their security, stability and their daily life, and confirms the extent of disappointment and confusion that the makers of death and destruction have reached as a result of the successful implementation of the agreement Riyadh and the formation of the Yemeni government and its commencement to start its duties to serve the Yemeni people."
The Saudi ambassador addeds, "The agreement will go forward, and peace, security and stability will be achieved with the determination of the Yemenis and their courageous government, and the coalition led by the Kingdom continues to stand with the brotherly Yemeni people and their legitimate government."