A Houthi attack killed more than 50 people and wounded over 100 others yesterday when three ballistic missiles struck a military camp in Yemen’s oil-rich Shabwa province, two military sources told AFP.
The government sources said the missiles hit the al-Alam camp, used by forces aligned with Yemen’s internationally recognised government, amid renewed fighting with the Iran-backed Houthis after the collapse of a truce that had largely held since 2022.
Majed al-Nuzaili, spokesperson for the Yemeni armed forces, wrote on X that the “Houthi militia targeted Shabwa with three ballistic missiles”. He said the attack hit a training centre for members of the security and police services.
Meanwhile, government agencies in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, have told employees to work from home, a measure that took effect yesterday, one worker and two consultants told AFP.
The Kingdom Centre, a 99‑storey tower in downtown Riyadh that houses the regional office of the International Monetary Fund, has also requested workers in its offices to stay away until further notice.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran said yesterday an oil tanker caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after hitting a mine, the latest such incident since Tehran tightened its grip of the waterway. The tanker was travelling in the strait’s “unauthorised southern route”, it said.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi yesterday said regional issues should be resolved through diplomacy and blamed the US for insecurity in Hormuz.
Qatar will soon announce a defence production hub, the minister of state for defence affairs told the Global Security Forum in Doha yesterday.