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Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for a ballistic missile attack on a military camp hosting Saudi officers in the southern port city of Aden, the internationally recognized government's temporary capital.
The Houthi-affiliated SABA news agency, citing an unnamed military source, reported that the attack targeted an assembly area where Saudi officers were staying at Jebel Hadid military camp in Aden.
Separately, Yemeni sources cited by Daily Beirut identified Ras Abbas training camp in the western Al-Buraiqah district as the site struck by several ballistic missiles. The facility reportedly belongs to the National Security Forces, formerly known as the Security Belt.
The latest incident follows another Houthi missile attack on Aden on Nov. 11, when two ballistic missiles struck a military camp in Al-Buraiqah, according to an unnamed Yemeni government source quoted by Anadolu Agency.
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree claimed the attack targeted a Saudi military command headquarters and operations room overseeing deployments along the Lahj, Al-Dhalea and Taiz fronts.
Yemeni Information Minister Salem Thabit Al-Awlaqi condemned the repeated attacks, warning of the risks to civilians, particularly in densely populated areas.
Aden has also faced repeated attacks on its airport, government facilities and security installations in recent weeks. On Oct. 15, a strike on the Maashiq Presidential Palace compound killed five people and wounded 16 others.
Military tensions between Yemen's internationally recognized government and the Houthis have escalated since July, with clashes particularly intense in Taiz province, which borders the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
United Nations sources have reported thousands of people killed or wounded in the fighting, while more than 250,000 have been displaced.
Yemen's civil war began in September 2014, when the Iran-backed Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, and several other provinces.
A Saudi-led Arab coalition has supported Yemen's internationally recognized government since March 2015.
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