Explosions reported in Aden as Houthis claim strike on bases

Yemen's Interior Ministry said on Saturday that two Houthi ballistic missiles hit the coast guard headquarters in its Aden complex and a third hit a coast guard building in the Tawahi district, with no reports of casualties.

Why it matters: Aden is the seat of Yemen's internationally recognised government, and confirmed missile hits on its coast guard headquarters mark a step beyond the morning's unconfirmed explosion reports, extending a Houthi campaign that has already hit the city's airport and presidential palace this month.

Data as of Update, October 24, 2026, 13:42 ET: Reuters report of October 24, 2026, via UOL Noticias, in Portuguese, read in full in translation, carrying the internationally recognised government's Interior Ministry statement that two missiles hit the coast guard headquarters in the ministry complex and a third hit a coast guard building in the Tawahi district, with no reports of casualties; the coalition had not commented on the separate Houthi claim against the Aden camp and naval base in the sources read. ERT News report of October 24, 2026, in Greek, read in full in translation; ERT credits AFP, whose correspondent reported explosions and whose police sources in Aden described the targets. TASS report of October 24, 2026, in Russian, read in full in translation, carrying the Houthi spokesman's own claim via his Telegram channel. IRNA report of October 24, 2026, in Persian, read in full in translation, quoting Al Jazeera on the probable targets, local sources on missiles targeting the airport, and Al Arabiya on the number of explosions. No report gave casualties for Aden, and ERT reported that neither side had publicly commented on the alleged attacks. Developing item.

Yemen’s internationally recognised government said the Houthis fired three ballistic missiles at coast guard facilities in Aden on Saturday, its Interior Ministry said, with two hitting the coast guard headquarters in the ministry complex and a third hitting a coast guard building in the Tawahi district, Reuters reported. The ministry’s account gives the morning’s explosions confirmed targets for the first time, and neither Reuters nor the ministry reported casualties in the city.

Three explosions were heard in Aden on Saturday, an Aden police officer and an AFP correspondent reported, and another police source told AFP the Houthis had targeted a Saudi-led coalition position near Aden airport and the coast guard. Al Arabiya reported four explosions in the city, three of them around the international airport, and IRNA, quoting Al Jazeera, put the airport and the coast guard headquarters among the probable targets, citing local sources who said three ballistic missiles had targeted the airport. Separately, the Houthis’ military spokesman Yahya Saria said the movement had struck Saudi forces at the An-Nasr camp and the naval base in Aden, TASS and IRNA both reported, and no casualties or damage were reported for the city.

Explosions reported in Aden as Houthis claim strike on bases

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