Houthis attack Yemen’s Aden, say Saudi strikes kill 16

Houthis attack Yemen’s Aden, say Saudi strikes kill 16 left Smoke rises after an attack by Houthi rebels. File AP AP https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/59tf2y/article71620888.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/Mideast_Yemen-Siege_of_Taiz_85852.jpg ABDULNASSER ALSEDDIK FILE - Smoke rises after an attack by Houthi rebels on the city of Taiz, Yemen, on Oct. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Abdulnasser Alseddik, File) The Houthis quickly claimed the attack, saying they targeted a naval base and military camp overseen by Saudi forces Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Yemen’s Houthis said on Saturday (October 24, 2026) they attacked the southern city of Aden, the interim seat of the Saudi-backed government, after accusing Riyadh of killing 16 people in strikes on capital Sanaa and a Red Sea port city. Saudi Arabia and the internationally recognised Yemeni government have come under sustained attack from the Iran-backed Houthis, shifting the focus of the wider West Asia war that erupted with U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran in February.