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Yemen's Houthis call for immediate evacuation of Aden airport

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The Straits Times. (2026, October 28). Yemen's Houthis call for immediate evacuation of Aden airport. The Straits Times. https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/yemens-houthis-call-for-immediate-evacuation-of-aden-airport

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Yemen's Houthis issued an urgent call on October 28 for people to evacuate Aden International Airport due to alleged presence of weapons aboard a Saudi military cargo aircraft. The announcement came after explosions were reported near the airport earlier that day. Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree made this claim on social media but there was no immediate response from Saudi authorities regarding the evacuation warning or the accusations against them.
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📰 Yemen Houthi Call For Evacuation
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Topics

Aden Houthi Houthis Saudi Yemen

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Aden GPE · 4× Houthi NORP · 3× Saudi NORP · 3× Yemen GPE · 3× Houthis NORP · 2× Reuters ORG · 2× DUBAI GPE · 1× Iran GPE · 1× Sanaa GPE · 1× Yahya Saree PERSON · 1×

Narrative

Yemen's Houthis call for immediate evacuation of Aden airport DUBAI/ADEN, Oct 28 - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on Wednesday called on people to evacuate immediately from the international airport in Aden, where the internationally recognised, Saudi-backed government is based.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-30
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Yemen's Houthis call for immediate evacuation of Aden airport · assertive framing

Claims (4 extracted, 0 hedged)

Yemen's Houthis call for immediate evacuation of Aden airport DUBAI/ADEN, Oct 28 - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on Wednesday called on people to evacuate immediately from the international airport in Aden, where the internationally recognised, Saudi-backed government is based. asserted
government → call → Aden
Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree said in his post on X that the evacuation was due to what he said was the presence there of a Saudi military cargo aircraft carrying weapons. asserted
he → say → weapons
The Houthi militia, which controls the capital Sanaa in the north, has repeatedly struck the airport, a humanitarian lifeline and gateway for southern Yemen. asserted
which → control → Yemen
Explosions were heard in Aden before the Houthi warning, residents in the city told Reuters. asserted
residents → hear → Reuters
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