Houthi attack kills 53 in biggest single loss of life since Yemen civil war reignited - The Guardian

World·UpdatedFifty-three people were killed and 200 were injured in an attack on Monday by Iran-aligned Houthi rebels on a government security forces training camp in ‌Yemen's coastal Shabwa province, according to the local authority. Fighting intesifies as Iran-backed rebels fire ballistic missiles during training exerciseThomson Reuters · Posted: Oct 19, 2026 10:13 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. This file photo shows members of the Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces as they patrol a road in Taiz province on Sept. 30. Dozens of Yemeni forces were killed in a Houthi attack on a training camp in Shabwa province on Monday. (Ebrahim Al-Suhaibi/Reuters)Fifty-three people were killed and 200 were injured in an attack on Monday by the Iran-aligned Houthis on a government security forces training camp in ‌Yemen's Shabwa province, according to the local authority, as fighting in the country intensifies.

Saudi-led coalition accuses Houthis of obtaining missile parts from regional states. At least five people have been killed in the vicinity of the al-Maashiq presidential palace in Yemen’s port city of Aden after Houthi missile strikes. Yemeni health minister says five people were killed and 16 others injured in the Houthi missile attack that targeted the al-Maashiq Presidential Palace in Yemen’s Aden on Thursday. 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.

An attack by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport drew condemnation from European leaders, the United Nations and regional governments on Sunday.

Saudi Arabia has accused Yemen’s Houthis of killing at least 12 people and wounding 300 others in a third attack on the Riyadh international airport this week. The victims of the attack on Saturday included four Saudis, two ⁠Bangladeshis and one person each from the United States, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Sudan and Egypt, the General Authority of Civil Aviation said. It was the deadliest attack on the kingdom in more than a decade. The Riyadh airport attack came as the war in Yemen intensifies, with the Houthis battling forces aligned with the internationally recognised government for control of the country. Saudi Arabia is waging an air campaign against the Houthis to support the ground war by Yemeni government forces against the Iran-backed group. Here’s a roundup of the global reaction:United StatesUS President Donald Trump described the attack as “terrible” and said he “will be speaking” with Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), soon. He said he was evaluating whether the US should join the war against the Houthis. “We may. We’re gonna look at it. We just found out about the recent attack, so we’ll make a decision.

WorldU. K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Monday that Britain has agreed to provide limited military support to Saudi Arabia to repeal attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. British PM says Royal Air Force will provide air-to-air refuelling of Saudi planesThe Associated Press · Posted: Sep 21, 2026 5:40 PM EDT | Last Updated: September 21Listen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. People ride motorbikes under a billboard showing Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Monday. (Osamah Abdulrahman/The Associated Press)U. K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Monday that Britain has agreed to provide limited military support to Saudi Arabia to repeal attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. Burnham told reporters as he flew to the United Nations General Assembly in New York that he had agreed the Royal Air Force will provide air-to-air refuelling of Saudi planes. The agreement is for a matter of weeks, but Burnham said it will be kept under review.

Barack Obama has said congresswoman Ilhan Omar is under federal criminal investigation simply because she's an outspoken critic of the President Donald Trump. "The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president," the former US president wrote on X, calling the probe "so appalling". The White House defended the inquiry, saying the justice department was "focused on restoring law and order". Last week, homeland security agents searched the Minnesota Democrat's Washington DC home as part of an investigation into her immigration status. Born in Somalia, Omar moved to the US with her family as a child. US media outlets have reported that the probe is tied to her American citizenship and whether she lied about her age when she arrived in the US in 1995. Questions have been raised about whether the age listed on Omar's citizenship application differed from her actual birth date. Obama said in his X post on Sunday that her father became a naturalised citizen when she was 17, and not yet legally an adult, which then gave her citizenship.