Blast heard in Yemen’s Aden as Houthis claim attack on military camp

Smoke seen rising near airport in Aden as Houthis say they attacked a military camp with a ballistic missile.

A truck loaded with firewood drives in Aden, Yemen, October 13, 2026 [File: Abdulnasser Alseddik/AP Photo]

A powerful explosion has been heard in the city of Aden in southern Yemen, an Al Jazeera journalist and police official said.

A police official said on Wednesday that smoke was rising near the airport in Aden, which is controlled by the internationally recognised Yemeni government.

Reporting from Yemen’s Taiz, Al Jazeera’s Maha Ali said “the Houthi group targeted Aden airport with a ballistic missile”.

Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said the group targeted the Saudi-led coalition’s “military operation room at the Badr Camp in Aden with a ballistic missile”.

He said that “the strike was precise and direct”.

亚丁机场附近升起浓烟，胡塞武装称他们用弹道导弹袭击了一个军营。

2026年10月13日，一辆满载柴火的卡车行驶在也门亚丁。[图片：Abdulnasser Alseddik/AP Photo]

半岛电视台记者和一名警官称，也门南部城市亚丁发生强烈爆炸。

一名警官周三表示，亚丁机场附近冒出浓烟，亚丁由国际社会承认的也门政府控制。

半岛电视台记者玛哈·阿里从也门塔伊兹报道称，“胡塞武装用弹道导弹袭击了亚丁机场”。

胡塞武装发言人叶海亚·萨里表示，该组织用弹道导弹袭击了沙特领导的联军位于亚丁巴德尔营地的“军事行动指挥部”。

他说“这次打击精准而直接”。