Houthis attack Saudi’s Aramco oil facility compound, triggering fire

Houthi forces launched a missile attack on the al-Maashiq presidential palace compound in Aden, Yemen, according to reports from Rupavahini News, Lankadeepa and Ada Derana. The compound is used by Yemeni government forces and the Saudi-led coalition, and the strike reportedly targeted military operations centres there.

Yemen’s government reported five people killed and 16 injured. Health Minister Qasim Buhaybeh said those affected included security personnel and civil servants, according to Rupavahini News. The reports say Prime Minister Shay’a al-Zindani was at the compound when it was attacked and was unharmed.

Al-Zindani condemned the attack and accused the Houthis of repeatedly targeting civilian sites and people, Rupavahini reported. The Yemeni government said the strike would not disrupt its military operations and that Aden would remain the country’s temporary capital.

Rupavahini described the attack amid intensified fighting between the Houthis and Yemeni government forces following the breakdown of a ceasefire. Separately, the Daily Mirror reported explosions in Saudi Arabia’s capital after an earlier Houthi strike hit a building in the area of Aramco’s operations centre. Other headlines from Ada Derana and Hiru News refer to missiles striking Aden airport and a Saudi-led coalition interception of a missile headed for Yanbu, but provide no further details.

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