The Houthis of Yemen reported this Thursday an attack against the "headquarters" of the Saudi forces supporting the Yemeni government, through a bombing on the city of Aden that reached the Presidential Palace. The offensive has caused the death of at least two security guards and left several injured, although no high-ranking officials would have been hit.
The military spokesman for the Yemeni insurgency, General Yahya Sari, explained in a brief statement that the action "occurs in the context of the declared equation of attacking Saudi mobilizations wherever they are and considering any military presence of the Saudi enemy as a legitimate target for our forces wherever they are."
The message from the Houthis arrived after the Yemeni government confirmed a bombing against its headquarters in Aden, the Al Maashiq Presidential Palace, which has resulted in five fatalities, including two security guards, and 16 injured, among whom are agents and officials, as detailed by the Minister of Health, Qasim Bahibah, on social media. Prime Minister Shaya al Zindani and several members of the Executive have remained unharmed.
In a subsequent statement of condemnation, the Yemeni government asserts that the attack "reveals the impotence of the Houthi militia in the face of the will of the Yemenis to end the coup," a term they use to refer to the insurgency's conquests since early 2015, when they took the capital, Sana'a.
The Executive has emphasized that "this terrorist attack will not undermine the will of the State and the Government, nor will it deter them from continuing to fulfill their national and constitutional responsibilities, and the temporary capital of Aden will remain the center of operations for the State institutions and the fulfillment of their duties towards the citizens."
Furthermore, the Yemeni government "calls on the international community and the United Nations to adopt a clear and firm position regarding these attacks, without treating them as isolated incidents from their context, and to exert the necessary pressures to stop attacks against civilians and civilian facilities, and hold those responsible for these violations accountable, ensuring that they do not escape from accountability."