Yemen's Houthis behind deadly attack on Aden airport, UN report says
The Houthis previously denied responsibility for the attack, which came as Yemeni government officials disembarked from Riyadh.
United Nations investigators have concluded that Yemen’s Houthi rebels were likely behind a missile attack on the Aden airport in December that killed at least 25 people.
Explosions rocked Aden International Airport on Dec. 30 as representatives of the war-torn country’s newly formed unity government arrived from Saudi Arabia. More than 100 people were wounded in the attack, though all government members survived, Yemen’s Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalek Saeed said.
The Houthis, who have taken over most of Yemen’s north since their 2014 uprising despite military intervention led by Saudi Arabia, denied responsibility for the unusually brazen and deadly attack, despite claiming numerous other missile and drone strikes in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
Now a report by UN investigators has concluded “with very high confidence” that at least two missiles used in the attack were launched from locations under the control of Houthi forces, The Associated Press reported Tuesday.
