Aden airport attack aimed to ‘eliminate’ Cabinet: Yemen PM
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25 died in the Aden airport attack as the new Yemen govt landed last week.
Yemen’s prime minister on Saturday said that a missile attack on the airport in Aden was meant “to eliminate” the country’s new government as it arrived in the key southern city a daring assault which he blamed on Iran-backed rebels.
Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed spoke to The Associated Press in an interview conducted at his office in the Mashiq Palace in Aden. It was the leader’s first interview with international media after he survived Wednesday’s attack that killed at least 25 people and wounded 110 others.
By SAMY MAGDY
FILE – In this Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018 file photo, Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed, the prime minister of Yemen’s internationally recognized government that the Saudi-led coalition backs, is interviewed by foreign journalists in Aden, Yemen. Yemen’s prime minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed on Saturday Jan. 2, 2021, said that an attack on the airport in the key port city of Aden was meant “to eliminate” the country’s new government. The Prime Minister spoke to The Associated Press after he survived Wednesday’s attack that killed at least 25 people and wounded 110 others. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File) Yemen’s prime minister on Saturday said that a missile attack on the airport in Aden was meant “to eliminate” the country’s new government as it arrived in the key southern city a daring assault which he blamed on Iran-backed rebels.
CAIRO (AP) Yemen’s prime minister on Saturday said that a missile attack on the airport in Aden was meant “to eliminate” the country s new government as it arrived in the key southern city a daring assault which he blamed on Iran-backed rebels.
Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed spoke to The Associated Press in an interview conducted at his office in the Mashiq Palace in Aden. It was the leader s first interview with international media after he survived Wednesday’s attack that killed at least 25 people and wounded 110 others.
“It’s a major terrorist attack that was meant to eliminate the government, the premier said. “It was a message against peace and stability in Yemen.”
Yemen’s prime minister says airport attack aimed to ‘eliminate’ Cabinet
He survived Wednesday’s attack that killed at least 25 people and wounded 110 others.
By SAMY MAGDYAssociated Press
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Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed, the prime minister of Yemen s internationally recognized government that the Saudi-led coalition backs, is interviewed by foreign journalists in Aden, Yemen.
Jon Gambrell/Associated Press, file
CAIRO Yemen’s prime minister on Saturday said that a missile attack on the airport in Aden was meant “to eliminate” the country’s new government as it arrived in the key southern city – a daring assault which he blamed on Iran-backed rebels.