CAIRO, October 15, 2026 (DAILYNWZ) — A Houthi missile and drone attack on Yemen’s presidential complex in Aden killed five people on Thursday, as the Saudi-led military coalition reported dozens of attacks on Saudi infrastructure and warned that the Iran-aligned group was acquiring more advanced weapons.
The strike targeted Al-Maashiq Palace, the seat of Yemen’s Saudi-backed, internationally recognised government. It was the first attack on the complex in the current conflict between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia, which has become another front in a wider regional war that began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran in February.
Yemen’s Prime Minister and cabinet members were safe, Information Minister Moammar al-Eryani said. Health Minister Qasim Buhaibeh reported five people killed and 16 wounded, including guards and civilian employees.
The Yemeni cabinet said the attack involved missiles and drones. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the group had bombed what he described as the Saudi military operations headquarters in Aden, in line with its stated policy of targeting “Saudi reinforcements wherever they were located.”
The Houthi-run SABA news agency said the headquarters was operated by Saudi officers and housed weapons depots. Reuters could not independently verify those claims.
Fighting between the Houthis and Saudi-backed forces resumed last month. Government forces launched an offensive last week to retake Houthi-held areas and recovered ground near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a vital international shipping route. Aid agencies have warned that conditions in Yemen are deteriorating rapidly.
The conflict began in 2014, when the Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, forcing the government south. A Saudi-led military intervention followed in 2015, leading to years of stalemate before a truce in 2022 held until this year. During an earlier phase of the war, Houthi fighters and allied forces briefly seized Al-Maashiq Palace during fighting for Aden before withdrawing.
Saudi Arabia Reports Attacks On Airports
The Saudi-led coalition said on Thursday that Houthi forces had attempted to strike dozens of sites in Saudi Arabia, including airports, ports and oil facilities, raising concerns about threats to civilian infrastructure in the US ally.
Coalition spokesperson Turki al-Maliki said the Houthis had launched 20 attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh this month, killing 17 people and injuring 333. He also said attacks on Abha airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia, near the Yemeni border, had killed three people and wounded 28.
The governing council of the UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization condemned recent attacks on Saudi civilian airports, aircraft and aviation infrastructure.
Al-Maliki said the Houthis had obtained advanced military technology with help from “regional actors”, including ballistic missiles, drones and fast boats carrying explosives. Iran has provided the group with weapons, funding and training, although Tehran denies arming it in violation of a UN arms embargo.
The coalition said it had destroyed 127 weapons storage facilities and launch platforms in Yemen’s mountainous areas. Al-Maliki urged the Houthis to stop operations targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure.
The Houthi military spokesperson subsequently warned that Saudi airspace and airports were unsafe, renewing a warning to airlines while excluding the airspace over Mecca and Medina, Islam’s two holiest cities.
Saudi civil defence authorities issued early-warning alerts on Thursday over potential threats in Najran and Jizan and the surrounding regions, later declaring the danger had passed. The coalition also said it intercepted and destroyed a drone over Khamis Mushait in southwestern Saudi Arabia and another launched towards the country’s southern region.