Houthi attack kills 36 at Yemen army parade

ADEN, August 1

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement launched missile and drone attacks on Thursday on a military parade in Aden, the seat of government and a stronghold of the Saudi-led military coalition, killing 36 persons, according to the interior ministry.

An explosion hit a military camp belonging to the Yemeni Security Belt forces backed by the UAE, which is a member of the Western-backed coalition battling the Houthis, a witness said.

Yemen's Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed and Saudi Arabia's envoy to Yemen, in separate tweets, accused Iran of being behind both the parade attack and a separate blast at a police station in the port city, involving an explosives-laden car in which 13 policemen were killed. — Reuters