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Yemen's Houthis behind deadly attack on Aden airport, UN report says

The Houthis previously denied responsibility for the attack, which came as Yemeni government officials disembarked from Riyadh.
Yemeni journalist's funeral

United Nations investigators have concluded that Yemen’s Houthi rebels were likely behind a missile attack on the Aden airport in December that killed at least 25 people.

Explosions rocked Aden International Airport on Dec. 30 as representatives of the war-torn country’s newly formed unity government arrived from Saudi Arabia. More than 100 people were wounded in the attack, though all government members survived, Yemen’s Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalek Saeed said.

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