Yemen airport comes under attack as new unity government arrives

More than 20 people — but no arriving Cabinet officials — were reported killed.
Smoke billows at the Aden Airport on December 30, 2020, after explosions rocked the Yemeni airport shortly after the arrival of a plane carrying members of a new unity government. - Explosions rocked Yemen's Aden airport on Wednesday shortly after the arrival of a plane carrying members of a new unity government, an AFP correspondent at the scene said. "At least two explosions were heard as the cabinet members were leaving the aircraft," the correspondent said. Yemen's internationally recognised government
Smoke billows at the Aden Airport on Dec. 30, 2020, after explosions rocked the Yemeni airport shortly after the arrival of a plane carrying members of a new unity government. - SALEH AL-OBEIDI/AFP via Getty Images
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Yemeni authorities said at least 22 people were killed and 50 wounded in an attack on Aden’s airport as members of the country’s newly formed unity government arrived from Saudi Arabia’s capital Wednesday. 

An explosion struck the airport and gunfire broke out as people gathered on the nearby tarmac to witness the arrival of Yemen’s prime minister and newly appointed Cabinet members as they disembarked from a plane after being sworn in earlier this week in Riyadh.

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