Two Explosions in Aden After Rockets Fired Toward Al-Buraiqah, Local Source Says
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Residents in Aden heard two explosions on Wednesday evening, November 11, after two rockets were fired toward the Al-Buraiqah district, according to a source cited by South24. The source said the explosions resulted from the rocket launches, but the report provided no verified details of casualties or damage. South24, citing Anadolu Agency and an unnamed Yemeni government official, reported that the two rockets landed inside a camp belonging to coalition forces in the district. No details were available on property damage or injuries at the camp. The Houthis had said, according to the AP, that they attacked a camp belonging to Saudi-backed forces outside Aden, without specifying the type of weapon used in that attack.
The attack on Al-Buraiqah comes amid a military escalation in Yemen, where fighting between the Houthis and Saudi-backed government forces intensified over the summer, the AP reported. The agency said direct Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia had become a front in a broader regional conflict. In separate coverage, the AP reported that forces loyal to Yemen’s government had recaptured towns near the Bab al-Mandab Strait. The agency described it as a vital shipping route linking the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The available information does not establish a direct connection between the recapture of the towns and Wednesday evening’s attack on Al-Buraiqah.
In a separate attack the same day, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree announced the launch of three cruise missiles toward King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, according to the AP. A Saudi military spokesman said air defenses intercepted and destroyed all three missiles. The two sides therefore gave different accounts of the outcome of the attack on the Saudi capital: the Houthis announced the missile launches, while Saudi Arabia said it had shot them down. The AP reported that the Saudi announcement came before the Houthi announcement. This incident is separate from the launch of the two rockets that targeted Al-Buraiqah in Aden.
Before Wednesday’s attack on Riyadh, Saudi authorities had said interceptor missile debris damaged an Aramco building in Riyadh’s financial district, according to an AP report dated November 8. Saudi Arabia’s Energy Ministry said at the time that there were no injuries at the Aramco facility. In Aden, South24 said the international airport had been targeted in 7 reported incidents during October. It added that those attacks disrupted civil aviation, prompting flight suspensions and emergency repairs. These incidents relate to earlier events and provide no details about damage or injuries resulting from the Al-Buraiqah attack on November 11.