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Iran-Aligned Houthis Kill 58 at Yemen Government Training Camp in Shabwa
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Houthi missiles struck the al-Alam training camp in Shabwa, killing at least 53 recruits. The attack left more than 200 others wounded amid a training exercise.
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Shabwa camp hit
Iran-aligned Houthis attacked a government security forces training camp in Yemen’s Shabwa province on Monday, killing 58 people and injuring more than 200, Governor Awad al-Wazir said. Governor Awad al-Wazir also said 14 other people remained missing after the Houthi bombardment of the Al-Alam camp.
The attack came as fighting intensified across Yemen, with the Houthis and the internationally recognised government, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, “have been trading attacks since the group advanced in September towards territory near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait,” according to the Reuters-verified account. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said on X that the group targeted the training camp, which he said was run by Saudi forces, and the Saudi authorities did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Casualty numbers diverge
Local authorities and medical sources initially said at least 18 people were killed and more than 30 wounded when the strike hit the al-AIam facility in Shabwa, but the local authority later said 53 people had been killed and 200 injured, according to Al Jazeera’s account. Rashad al-Alimi, the head of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council, promised a “firm response,” after the attack killed at least 53 people, Al Jazeera reported.
AP said Iran-backed Houthi rebels struck Yemeni government forces with ballistic missiles on Monday, killing at least 53 soldiers at a military camp in Shabwa, and wounding an additional 200 recruits. AP also quoted the provincial government describing the strike as “targeted new recruits in the training and preparation phase and is considered an extremely critical military escalation.”
Regional stakes and response
The attack sharpened the wider regional context described by AP, which said the fighting between the Houthis and Yemen’s Saudi-backed government forces was a widening front in the Iran war and that the escalation shattered a 2022 ceasefire deal. AP reported that Saudi Arabia canceled a global investment conference scheduled for next week and extended an order for schools in and around Riyadh to teach students remotely, as Houthi attacks unsettled Saudi society.
The BBC said the Houthi missile strike killed 50 security recruits and injured 200, and it quoted Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council head Rashad al-Alimi condemning the “criminal attack” and promising a “firm response.” The BBC also reported that Information Minister Moammar al-Eryani accused the Houthis of “attempting to fabricate a false media victory” after the strike on the Martyr Ahmed al-Sulaimani Training Centre.