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(90,061 posts) Tue Oct 6, 2015, 08:42 AM Oct 2015

Yemeni government evacuated, 15 troops killed as blasts hit Aden

By Amal al-Yarisi and Pol O Gradaigh, dpa
Sana'a (dpa) - Yemeni ministers were evacuated Tuesday from their temporary headquarters in the southern city of Aden after a series of explosions that reportedly killed 15 Arab soldiers and Yemeni militiamen.

Prime Minister Khaled al-Bahah wrote on his official Facebook page that two rockets fell in the grounds of the city's Qasr Hotel, where members of the government have been staying.

The official news agency of the United Arab Emirates said that 15 people - soldiers of the Arab alliance backing exiled President Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi and Yemeni loyalist militiamen - were killed in the blasts.

It blamed the attack, which Yemeni officials said also hit two buildings used by UAE commanders in the city, on the Houthi rebels and forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh.

http://www.dpa-international.com/news/international/yemeni-government-evacuated-15-troops-killed-as-blasts-hit-aden-a-46787037.html

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1. Attack in Yemen's Aden kills 15; Islamic State claims blasts

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SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Rockets slammed into Yemen's port city of Aden on Tuesday, striking a hotel that is home to officials from the country's exiled government and two compounds used by Saudi-led coalition troops, killing at least 15 people, authorities said.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack on the Al Qasr Hotel & Resort, though blame immediately fell on the Shiite rebels known as Houthis that the Saudi-led coalition has been targeting since March.

The attack happened early Tuesday morning, with at least one rocket flying over the military walls now surrounding the 239-room hotel and resort along the Arabian Sea, located west of the port city's downtown. It smashed into the hotel's front, sending thick black smoke rising over it for hours as sirens wailed.

Rajeh Badi, a spokesman for Yemen's exiled government, told The Associated Press that attackers fired the rockets from outside the city limits. All government ministers and the prime minister were safe and unhurt, he said, adding that the Cabinet will hold an emergency meeting about the attack.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_YEMEN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-10-06-06-44-26

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2. Yemeni hotel in flames after rocket attack – video

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Tue Oct 6, 2015, 08:55 AM

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Yemen’s prime minister, Khaled Bahah, is reported to have escaped unharmed after the hotel where he was staying was hit by a rocket on Tuesday. Footage shows black smoke rising from the the luxury Qasr hotel in the port city of Aden that is home to senior members of the government. Fire crews and ambulances were hurrying to the hotel. At least three people were reported to have been killed

http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2015/oct/06/yemeni-qasr-hotel-rocket-attack-video

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