20 Killed in Attack on Yemeni Airport Moments After New Cabinet Lands

20 Killed in Attack on Yemeni Airport Moments After New Cabinet Lands
A military vehicle is seen on the tarmac as dust rises after explosions hit Aden airport, in Aden, Yemen, on Dec. 30, 2020. Fawaz Salman/Reuters
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ADEN—At least 20 people were killed and dozens wounded in an attack on Yemen’s Aden airport on Wednesday moments after a plane landed carrying a newly formed Saudi-backed cabinet for government-held parts of Yemen.

Hours after the attack, a second explosion was heard around Aden’s Maasheq presidential palace where the cabinet members including Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik, as well as the Saudi ambassador to Yemen, had been taken to safely, residents and local media said.