Houthi missile strike on Yemen training camp kills more than 50 recruits
Three ballistic missiles hit a security forces training centre near Ataq in Shabwa province, killing more than 50 people and injuring 200, in one of the deadliest attacks since Yemen's war flared up again.
More than 50 security personnel have been killed and around 200 injured in a Houthi missile strike on a training camp in Yemen's central province of Shabwa, local authorities say. A spokesman for the Saudi-backed Yemeni armed forces said the Iran-backed group fired three ballistic missiles at al-Alam camp near the city of Ataq, which was being used to train recruits for the security forces and police.
Rashad al-Alimi, head of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, condemned what he called a "criminal attack" and promised a "firm response". The Houthis' military spokesman said the group had targeted "Saudi enemy concentrations". Monday's strike is one of the deadliest reported since the latest escalation began.
Yemen's civil war has flared up again in recent months. In early October, pro-government forces backed by air support from a Saudi-led coalition launched a major offensive to retake territory in the west of the country, regaining part of the Red Sea coast overlooking the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait, which the Houthis had seized in September. Heavy fighting continues there, around the besieged government-held city of Taiz and in Marib and al-Jawf provinces, while the Houthis have fired missiles and drones at airports, energy facilities and military bases in Saudi Arabia. Al Jazeera reported that Saudi Arabia has cancelled its 2026 "Davos in the Desert" investment conference amid the attacks. Source: BBC News (with DW, Al Jazeera)