Houthi ballistic missile targets Aden airport as fighting intensifies in Taiz
A Houthi-fired ballistic missile struck Aden airport on Wednesday, with clashes escalating in northern and southern Taiz, according to Al Arabiya.
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AIA ballistic missile launched by Houthi militias targeted Aden airport on Wednesday, according to Al Arabiya. An explosion was heard near the airport in the city, which serves as the temporary seat of Yemen's internationally recognized government, with smoke rising from the area.
Local sources cited by Al Arabiya said the ballistic missile fired at Aden airport was launched from Al-Sabra, south of Ibb province.
On other fronts, military sources reported that Houthi militias deployed reinforcements and new troops east of Al-Jawf province and north of Marib province, strengthening their defensive lines as fighting escalated.
The sources, according to Al Arabiya, added that Yemeni government forces responded to these reinforcements, destroying Houthi military vehicles and armored cars.
Meanwhile, the Taiz military command reported that government forces repelled multiple Houthi attacks on fronts in Taiz, where clashes have raged for weeks, particularly north of Taiz city and in the Shaqab front in Saber al-Mawadem district to the south.
The Taiz command added that airstrikes destroyed a Houthi weapons depot and command center in the Al-Dhabab area west of Taiz, while government forces targeted Houthi gatherings in Al-Aqroud and Al-Masrakh in southern Taiz.