30 December 2020 Around 13:24 AST(10:24 UTC)[1][b]
Target
Aden International Airport
Attack type
Bombings Mass shooting Mortar attack (suspected) Drone strike (suspected)
Deaths
28[4][c]
Injured
107[4]
Perpetrator
Houthis (per UN investigation)[5][d]
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On 30 December 2020, a plane carrying members of the recently formed Yemeni government landed at Aden International Airport in the southwest of Yemen. As passengers disembarked, there were explosions and gunfire, leaving 28 people dead and 107 others injured.[8][9][4][c] None of the passengers were hurt in the attack and the Yemeni cabinet members were quickly transported to Mashiq Palace for safety.[10]
The airport attack allegedly led the Houthis, suspected of carrying out the attack, to be designated as a United States Foreign Terrorist Organization, a move argued by Human Rights activists to worsen famine in Yemen.[11][12][13] The designation went into effect the day before U.S. President Joe Biden was sworn in, whose administration revoked the designation about four weeks later.[14][15][16]
^ ab"Attack on Aden International Airport". Yemeni Archive. 9 February 2021. Archived from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
^@Yemen_PM (14 January 2021). "Video footage: Aden Intl. Airport CCTV footage displayed today in press conferences by Min. of Interior Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Haydan. Footage shows route and moments the first and second missiles hit Aden airport in the terrorist attack that left 137 dead and wounded on 30 Dec" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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^ abcEl Khalfi, Ammar; Karabacak, Safiye (9 January 2021). "Yemen'in Aden Havalimanı'ndaki patlamalarda ölü sayısı 28'e yükseldi" (in Turkish). Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
^Landay, Jonathan; Ghantous, Ghaida; Mourad, Mahmoud (29 March 2021). "Exclusive: U.N. team finds Houthis launched Aden airport attack that killed 22 - diplomats". Reuters. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
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^Mukhashaf, Mohammed (30 December 2020). "Twenty-two killed in attack on Aden airport after new Yemen cabinet lands". Reuters. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
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