ADEN, Yemen -- Yemen's government said Thursday that five people were killed and 16 others wounded in an attack launched by the Houthi group on the presidential palace compound in the southern port city of Aden earlier in the day.
In a statement, Minister of Public Health and Population Qassem Buhaibeh condemned the attack and said those killed and wounded included security guards and civilian employees working at the Al-Ma'ashiq Presidential Palace compound, the temporary seat of the internationally recognized Yemeni government. (Yemen-Aden-Casualties)
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RIYADH -- Attacks on King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital Riyadh have killed 17 people and injured more than 330 others since Oct. 1, with the airport coming under 20 attacks during the two-week period, the Saudi-led coalition said Thursday, amid continued threats posed by Yemen's Houthi group against Saudi Arabia.
Speaking at a press conference in Riyadh, coalition spokesperson Turki Al-Maliki presented statistics on Houthi attacks against Saudi Arabia from March 26, 2016, to Oct. 15, 2026, saying the group had launched 1,104 ballistic missiles and 1,135 drones, and used 118 explosive-laden boats and 278 naval mines during the period. (Saudi Arabia-Houthis-Attacks)
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TEHRAN -- The Iranian Army's Navy announced that its monitoring teams on Thursday detected a "violating" oil tanker that had caught fire earlier in the day while seeking to cross the "forbidden region" east of the Strait of Hormuz.
In a statement published on the army's website, the navy said its teams detected the oil tanker as they were patrolling and controlling the strait's eastern waters. (Iran-Hormuz Strait-Tanker)
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DAMASCUS -- Syria's state postal service dispatched its first batch of international parcels to five countries on Thursday, marking the resumption of outbound postal shipments after more than a decade of suspension, state news agency SANA reported.
The Syrian Postal Corporation sent the parcels to the United States, the Netherlands, Sweden, Algeria and Qatar, as part of efforts to restore the country's postal connections with the rest of the world, according to SANA. (Syria-Parcels-Shipments) ■
