Houthis attack Yemen’s presidential palace; PM unharmed

Yemen’s Houthis fired missiles at the ‌presidential palace complex in the southern city of Aden on Thursday, killing two security guards, ​two government officials told Reuters.

Yemen’s prime ​minister and cabinet members who were at ⁠the Maashiq presidential palace complex were ​unharmed, Information Minister Moammar al-Eryani said, adding ​that the Houthis had fired five missiles at the complex.

The Houthi-run Saba news agency, citing a military ​official, said the group had targeted ​a military operations headquarters run by Saudi officers at ‌the ⁠complex, as well as weapons depots. Reuters could not independently verify the claims.

The Iran-aligned group’s military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, said the ​strike on ​what he ⁠described as a Saudi military operations headquarters in Aden was ​part of the group’s declared policy ​of “targeting ⁠Saudi military build-ups wherever they are.”

Three witnesses had earlier told Reuters they heard loud ⁠booms ​in the vicinity of ​the palace.

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