Houthi Missiles Kill 58 in Biggest Single Loss of Life Since Yemen Civil War Resumed

Clashes between Yemeni government-allied forces and Houthi fighters.

At least 58 people have been killed and more than 200 injured in a Houthi ballistic missile attack on a military training camp in southern Yemen on Monday, in the deadliest single incident since the country's civil war reignited in September.

The attack struck al-Alam camp in Shabwa province, hitting newly recruited members of forces loyal to Yemen's internationally recognised government. Three ballistic missiles struck the camp in the Jardan district while recruits were lined up in formation, according to reports.

The injured were taken to hospitals in Ataq, the provincial capital, where officials appealed for blood donations. The government described the attack as a disaster and said an inquiry would examine why so many troops had been left exposed.

Rashad al-Alimi, president of Yemen's UN-recognised government, said those killed were new recruits and vowed an immediate response.

He said the attack "affirmed that targeting the recruits reflects the Houthi militias' approach of resorting to cowardly terrorist attacks whenever they face pressures or their Iranian-backed sabotage plots falter".

Al-Alimi had earlier spoken to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, asking the UN to designate the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organisation.

The Shabwa provincial…

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