Houthi Attack on Yemen Training Camp Kills 53, Injures 200

Yemen Online

Citizens gathered in front of a hospital in Shabwah.

At least 53 people have been killed and 200 injured in a Houthi attack on a training camp for government security forces in Yemen’s Shabwa province, according to local authorities, as fighting intensifies in the war-torn country.

Footage verified by Reuters showed injured people and bloodied bodies scattered across the ground at the site of the attack.

Local authority sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Iran-aligned Houthi group had fired three ballistic missiles at security forces during a training exercise on Monday.

The Houthis and Yemen’s internationally recognised government, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, have exchanged attacks since the group advanced in September towards areas near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a strategically important shipping route linking the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden.

Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree confirmed the group had targeted the training camp in a post on X, claiming it was operated by Saudi forces.

Shabwa, a resource-rich province in south-central coastal Yemen overlooking the Gulf of Aden, is home to the Balhaf liquefied natural gas facility, the country’s largest industrial investment.

Earlier this month, government forces launched an operation to retake territory held by the Houthis, making advances near the strategic strait. Meanwhile, the group continues to besiege Taiz, a major urban stronghold of anti-Houthi forces in Yemen’s southern highlands.

Yemen’s war began in 2014, when the Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, forcing the government to relocate south. A Saudi-led military intervention followed in 2015, and the conflict continued in a prolonged stalemate until a truce was agreed in 2022. According to the report, the truce held until this year.

Yemen remains one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises, with aid organisations warning that conditions are deteriorating rapidly.

Source: Reuters



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