Yemen says 2 missiles hit Aden airport; no casualties reported

Arab News · 16‏/10‏/2026، 8:49:40 م

LONDON: Two missiles fired by the Iran-backed Houthi militia struck the airport in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden on Friday night, as a passenger plane prepared to take off, the country’s information minister said. No casualties were reported. The missiles landed about 500 meters from the Yemenia Airways aircraft and about 100 meters from the midpoint of the runway, Information Minister Moammar Al-Eryani said in a post on X. The plane, operating as Flight IY 612, was bound for Cairo. Al-Erya