Houthi attack on presidential palace in Aden kills four, govt sources say

The Houthis launched a missile attack on the presidential palace in Yemen's interim capital, Aden, on Thursday, killing four people and wounding 10, government military sources said. The Houthis said they targeted a military operations headquarters led by Saudi officers at the Al-Maashiq Palace.

Who carried out the Houthi attack on the presidential palace in Aden?

Three local police sources, speaking anonymously, said Houthi missiles targeted the Al-Maashiq presidential palace, which also serves as the internationally recognized government's headquarters. Media affiliated with the pro-Iran Houthis said the group also targeted weapons depots belonging to those Saudi officers.

Residents of the southern city reported hearing explosions on Thursday. A journalist saw smoke rising from the site.

The Houthis described the target as "the headquarters of military operations, led by Saudi officers, at the Al-Maashiq Palace in Aden, as well as weapons depots belonging to them." Government military sources later said four people were killed and 10 others wounded.

Did the Houthis attack other areas of Yemen on Thursday?

Government forces said on social media that the Houthis fired "several ballistic missiles" at the central city of Marib. The city sits in a strategic, oil-rich region.

The Houthis have also launched repeated missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia, which leads a military coalition that has supported the Yemeni government since 2015.

Why did Yemen's civil war flare up again?

Yemen's long-running civil war flared back to life in July after a years-long truce collapsed. The Houthis then launched a lightning offensive and seized swathes of strategic territory along the country's Red Sea coast.

Saudi retaliatory strikes and a government counter-offensive have so far failed to reverse the group's recent gains. The Houthis already controlled much of the country's most populated areas, including the capital, Sanaa.