Yemeni armed forces have targeted al-Ma’ashiq Palace in the southern port city of Aden, which serves as a Saudi-led coalition’s headquarters and the seat of Yemen’s so-called “presidential palace” under the Saudi-backed regime.
Yemeni armed forces spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree said on Thursday that the attack was part of a declared policy of targeting Saudi military deployments wherever they are stationed.
“The shelling of the Saudi enemy’s military operations base in Aden comes within the framework of the declared equation: to strike Saudi military deployments wherever they may be, and to consider any Saudi enemy military presence a legitimate target for our forces, wherever it may be,” Saree declared.
Reports said five missiles struck the complex, while residents reported hearing explosions near the palace, and smoke rising from the site.
The Saudi-backed regime said two Saudi security guards were killed in the attack, while other sources cited by AFP reported that four officers were killed and 10 wounded.
Separately, Saudi-backed forces operating inside Yemen and along the Yemen-Saudi border said Yemeni armed forces had launched several ballistic missiles toward Marib, a strategic city in Yemen’s oil-rich central region.
On July 20, the Sana’a government announced a maritime blockade against Saudi Arabia in response to “an unjust and oppressive siege” imposed on Yemen for nearly 12 years. Since then, Yemen’s armed forces have reported a series of operations targeting vessels associated with Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea.
Saudi Arabia and its allies imposed a blockade on Yemen in March 2015, launching a sweeping military offensive backed by military, political, and logistical support from the United States and several Western countries.
In recent weeks, Saudi Arabia has sharply escalated its aggression, with Yemeni officials reporting hundreds of airstrikes across the country as Riyadh seeks to restore a Saudi-aligned regime in Sana’a.
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