Death toll rises to 60 in Houthi strike on Yemen training camp in deadliest attack in months
A Houthi missile strike on a military training camp in Yemen's Shabwa province has killed at least 60 people, marking the deadliest attack in months. The incident follows a recent escalation in fighting that has effectively ended a 2022 ceasefire.
Why it matters
The surge in violence threatens to destabilize the region further and complicates international efforts to resolve the long-standing Yemeni civil war.
Death toll rises to 60 in Houthi strike on Yemen training camp in deadliest attack in months left A makeshift camp for people displaced by clashes between Iran-aligned Houthi fighters and Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces, near Aden, Yemen. File Reuters Reuters https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/8cn5l3/article71604190.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/2026-10-16T062750Z_1352193355_RC2KVNA68HS8_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-YEMEN-DISPLACED.JPG STRINGER A makeshift camp for people displaced by clashes between Iran-aligned Houthi fighters and Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces, near Aden, Yemen October 3, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer At least a dozen people were still missing a day after the Iran-backed rebels hit the al-Alam training camp in Shabwa province with ballistic missiles, Yemeni officials said CAIRO The death toll from a Houthi missile strike on a government military camp in southern Yemen rose to 60 people, primarily new recruits, making it the deadliest strike since fighting in the country began escalating three months ago, Yemeni officials said on Tuesday (October 20, 2026).
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