Houthi forces fired ballistic missiles at Aden on Friday evening, November 13, Yemen's army said, in the latest strike on the southern port city that serves as the temporary capital of the internationally recognised government, The Insight International reported.

Source: The Insight International, Nov 13, 2026

Army spokesman Colonel Majed Abdullah al-Nuzaili called the attack a serious escalation that endangered residents and said the Houthis bore responsibility for its consequences. He did not give details of casualties, damage or the sites that were hit, the report said.

Source: The Insight International, Nov 13, 2026

In the statement published by the government side's Saba outlet, the army accused the Houthis of targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure in Aden with ballistic missiles on Friday evening and pledged action against the sources of the threat, Yemen Monitor's monitoring summary reported. Arab News carried the same army position in its Friday headline: 'Houthis target civilians in Aden with ballistic missiles, Yemeni army says.'

Source: Yemen Monitor monitoring summary, Nov 13, 2026

Two rival accounts of what was hit

Yemeni sources told Saudi broadcaster Al Ekhbariya that several missiles struck the Ras Abbas training camp in the al-Buraiqa district, west of the city. The camp belongs to the National Security Forces, formerly known as the Security Belt, The Insight International reported.

Source: The Insight International, Nov 13, 2026

The Houthis claimed the attack. Their Saba news agency, citing an unnamed military source, said the missiles targeted a gathering of Saudi officers at the Jabal Hadid military camp in Aden. Neither Saudi Arabia nor the Saudi-led coalition commented on that claim, and it could not be independently verified, the report said.

Source: The Insight International, Nov 13, 2026

A city already braced for an attack

The strike came hours after the government was reported to be reinforcing Aden's defences as Houthi fighters advanced on high ground overlooking the city, The Insight International reported. Awaaz Punjab has previously reported the Houthi ground advance through Lahj province towards Aden, including the fall of the al-Maqatirah district about 80 kilometres from the city, and an earlier missile strike on coalition-linked sites in al-Buraiqa on November 11 — Friday's strike is a new attack on a new day, not a repeat of that November 11 event.

Source: The Insight International, Nov 13, 2026

Aden has come under repeated missile fire since early October. Fighting between the government and the Houthis has escalated since July, particularly in Taiz province, which borders the Bab al-Mandab Strait — the Red Sea entrance whose shipping security the UN Security Council was separately discussing on Friday.

Source: The Insight International, Nov 13, 2026

What happens next

Al-Nuzaili said the attack would not deter government forces, who would press on with the military campaign they call Operation Dawn of Yemen, The Insight International reported. What to watch: whether the Saudi-led coalition responds to the Houthi claim about Saudi officers, whether any verified casualty or damage assessment emerges from Aden, and whether the Houthi ground advance on the high ground overlooking the city continues — each would be reported as a separate, verified development.