Houthis target Yemen’s presidential palace in Aden with missiles

Saudi-led coalition accuses Houthis of obtaining missile parts from regional states.

Buildings stand in the city of Taiz, Yemen, October 15, 2026 [Anees Mahyoub/Reuters]

Yemen’s Houthis have hit the vicinity of the al-Maashiq presidential palace in the port city of Aden with multiple missiles.

The Yemeni Information Minister Moammar al-Eryani said in a social media post on Thursday that Houthis had targeted the al-Maashiq presidential palace with five missiles.

The government says the prime minister and other officials are safe, but two of his bodyguards were killed in the attack.

Plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the vicinity of the palace.

Al Jazeera correspondents reported earlier on Thursday that there were explosions near the palace.

The palace is considered the headquarters and the seat of power for the Saudi-backed, internationally recognised government.

Al Jazeera’s Yousef Mawry, reporting from the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, said the attacks on the headquarters of the internationally recognised government are the “first of their kind” by the Houthis.

“This is an indication that the escalation is going to intensify between both sides,” Mawry said, adding that fears are now growing inside the country of “an all-out civil war” that could potentially drag in other regional powers besides Saudi Arabia.

The attack in Aden came as fighting between the Houthis, an armed group also known as Ansar Allah (Arabic for Supporters of God), and Saudi-backed forces intensified in Taiz, which is effectively under siege by the Houthis.

Controlling Taiz, Yemen’s third city and the broader Taiz governorate, in the southwest of the country would ensure control over the critical Bab al-Mandeb strait for either side.

Forces allied with the Yemeni government said they are repelling a Houthi attack on Dhubab airport.

The pro-government Homeland Shield Force said in a statement that they are, along with the Southern Giants Brigades, securing the airport in the coastal city of Dhubab in Taiz governorate.

Buildings stand in the southwestern city of Taiz, Yemen, October 15, 2026 [Anees Mahyoub/Reuters]

Aid agencies say the escalating violence in Taiz is pushing the healthcare system towards breaking point.

On Sunday, the Ministry of Public Health warned of a “humanitarian catastrophe” there.

Meanwhile, the Saudi-led coalition says Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport has come under at least 20 Houthi attacks over the past 11 days with dozens of other airports, oil facilities and ports also targeted.

Major-General Turki al-Maliki, the spokesperson for the alliance, released footage showing strikes on the main airport with passengers seen fleeing for safety, during a news conference in the Saudi capital,

The coalition says the Houthi attacks have killed 17 people and injured more than 300.

Al-Maliki also accused the Houthis of obtaining ballistic missiles from other countries in the region.

Mohamad Elmasry, a professor at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, said the Saudi-led coalition’s news conference was intended as a response “to some of the, perhaps, military and security failures”.

“There’s kind of an image problem there because this is maybe affecting the perception of Saudi deterrence, the fact that missiles are getting through,” he told Al Jazeera.

Elmasry said the Houthis also have an image crisis, with the global community viewing their actions as “reprehensible, in particular these targeting civilian infrastructure”.

沙特领导的联军指责胡塞武装从地区国家获取导弹部件。

2026年10月15日，也门塔伊兹市的建筑物矗立着。[Anees Mahyoub/路透社]

也门胡塞武装用多枚导弹袭击了港口城市亚丁的马希克总统府附近地区。

也门新闻部长穆阿迈尔·埃里亚尼周四在社交媒体上发帖称，胡塞武装用五枚导弹袭击了马希克总统府。

政府称首相和其他官员安全无恙，但他的两名保镖在袭击中丧生。

可以看到宫殿附近升起缕缕青烟。

半岛电视台记者周四早些时候报道称，皇宫附近发生了爆炸。

该宫殿被认为是沙特阿拉伯支持的、国际公认的政府的总部和权力中心。

半岛电视台记者优素福·马乌里从胡塞武装控制的首都萨那报道称，胡塞武装对国际社会承认的政府总部发动的袭击是“史无前例的”。

“这表明双方之间的冲突将会升级，”马乌里说，并补充说，该国国内现在越来越担心会爆发“全面内战”，这场内战可能会将沙特阿拉伯以外的其他地区大国卷入其中。

在亚丁发生的这起袭击事件之际，胡塞武装（又称安萨尔真主，阿拉伯语意为“真主的支持者”）与沙特支持的部队在塔伊兹的战斗愈演愈烈，塔伊兹实际上已被胡塞武装围困。

控制也门第三大城市塔伊兹及其所在的塔伊兹省（位于也门西南部），就能确保任何一方控制至关重要的曼德海峡。

与也门政府结盟的部队表示，他们正在击退胡塞武装对杜巴布机场的袭击。

亲政府的国土盾牌部队在一份声明中表示，他们正与南方巨人旅一起，确保塔伊兹省沿海城市杜巴布机场的安全。

2026年10月15日，也门西南部城市塔伊兹的建筑物矗立着。[Anees Mahyoub/路透社]

援助机构表示，塔伊兹不断升级的暴力事件正将医疗系统推向崩溃边缘。

周日，公共卫生部警告称，那里将发生“人道主义灾难”。

与此同时，沙特领导的联军表示，在过去的11天里，利雅得的哈立德国王国际机场至少遭到胡塞武装20次袭击，数十个其他机场、石油设施和港口也成为袭击目标。

联盟发言人图尔基·马利基少将在沙特首都举行的新闻发布会上公布了一段视频，视频显示主要机场遭到袭击，乘客们纷纷逃离以确保安全。

联军称，胡塞武装的袭击已造成 17 人死亡，300 多人受伤。

马利基还指责胡塞武装从该地区其他国家获取弹道导弹。

多哈研究生院教授穆罕默德·埃尔马斯里表示，沙特领导的联军召开新闻发布会是为了回应“一些军事和安全方面的失败”。

“这在某种程度上会造成形象问题，因为导弹突破防线可能会影响人们对沙特威慑力的看法，”他告诉半岛电视台。

埃尔马斯里表示，胡塞武装也面临形象危机，国际社会认为他们的行为“应受谴责，特别是针对民用基础设施的行为”。