Houthis Strike Yemen’s Presidential Palace. Two Killed as Prime Minister Escapes Missile Attack.

A ballistic missile attack launched by the Houthis hit Yemen's presidential palace in the southern port city of Aden, killing two security personnel and injuring several others.

Five ballistic missiles struck al-Maashiq Palace, the headquarters of Yemen's internationally recognized government, while the prime minister and other cabinet ministers were inside the compound, according to Information Minister Moammar al-Eryani.

The prime minister and other senior officials escaped unharmed, but two members of the security forces were killed, and numerous others were wounded, al-Eryani told the BBC. The extent of the damage to the presidential compound was not immediately clear.

Houthi-controlled media acknowledged the strike but characterized its targets differently, reporting that the group had attacked what it described as a military operations headquarters commanded by Saudi officers, along with weapons storage facilities. The competing accounts could not be independently verified.

The missile barrage comes amid an escalating military campaign by a Saudi-led coalition supporting Yemen's internationally recognized government. Saudi Arabia has been providing air support for an offensive by pro-government forces seeking to reclaim territory controlled by the Houthis.

The rebel movement, which controls the capital, Sanaa, and significant portions of western Yemen, has responded by expanding its missile and drone attacks against both Yemeni government positions and targets inside Saudi Arabia.

The attack on Aden followed an especially deadly strike in Saudi Arabia. On Saturday, a Houthi missile attack on Riyadh's international airport killed 13 people, marking the deadliest attack inside Saudi Arabia in more than a decade, according to the account of the incident.

The airport strike underscored the growing risks to civilian infrastructure as the conflict expands across national borders. Saudi Arabia has played a central role in Yemen's war, leading a military coalition that intervened in 2015 to support the internationally recognized government after the Houthis seized Sanaa and forced government leaders from the capital.

Aden subsequently became the temporary seat of government, making its presidential palace a particularly sensitive political and military target. The latest fighting threatens to undo years of diplomatic efforts aimed at bringing Yemen's prolonged civil war to an end.

A United Nations-brokered truce in 2022 significantly reduced large-scale hostilities, but negotiations failed to produce a lasting political settlement. The renewed Saudi-backed offensive and retaliatory Houthi attacks have now brought the conflict into a more dangerous phase.

The humanitarian consequences remain severe. Yemen has endured years of displacement, economic collapse, and widespread shortages of essential supplies. In Taiz, where Houthi forces have maintained a siege, more than 600,000 people face restricted access to humanitarian assistance, according to reporting by the Associated Press.