Smoke rises from Yemen’s Presidential Palace in Aden after Houthi attacks, October 15, 2026

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UPDATE 1719 GMT:

At least 53 people have been killed and more than 200 recruits wounded in an attack by Yemen’s Houthis on a government military training camp in the Shabwa Governorate in the south of the country, say local authorities.

Yemeni government forces said the Houthis targeted a security and police training centre in Shabwa with three ballistic missiles.

UPDATE 0857 GMT:

Qatar’s Defense Minister, Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, has warned that the economic repercussions of disruptions to Gulf energy supplies are still escalating.

“We haven’t reached the peak with respect to energy,” he said at the Global Security Forum in Doha, warning of further consequences “in the coming days and months”.

UPDATE, OCT 19:

US Embassies across the Middle East have advised citizens to “exercise heightened vigilance”, citing attacks by Yemen’s Houthis against Saudi Arabia and the potential for Iran and its other partners to strike American interests.

“Be aware of potential flight cancellations, airspace closures, and travel disruptions,” the security alert cautioned. “The hostilities have the potential to escalate rapidly beyond that immediate area.”

It added, “Iran and groups supportive of Iran may target other US interests overseas or at locations associated with the United States and Americans throughout the world, including US businesses and other institutions.”

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UPDATE 0535 GMT:

A liquified natural gas tanker has been attacked by a skiff with at least seven men off the Yemeni city of al-Mukalla, reports the UK Maritime Trade Operations center.

The skiff fired twice at the tanker, whose armed security team returned two warning shots at the small craft and forced it to alter course.

A tugboat, travelling south near Khor Fakkan in the UAE, was struck by two “unknown projectiles”. It sustained damage but is continuing on its route. There is one minor casualty.

The UKMTO said at least 14 vessels were attacked between October 8 and 14, the highest weekly number during the US-Israel War. The The number of ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz fell from 60 to 42, most carrying petroleum products.

UPDATE, OCT 18:

Yemen’s Houthis claim they shot down a Saudi helicopter in the Najran region in southwest Saudi Arabia.

Military spokesman Yahya Saree said the helicopter was targeting Houthi positions along the border.

The Saudi-led coalition’s spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki al-Maliki denied the claim. He said a reconnaissance AH-6i helicopter crashed due to a technical malfunction, killing its two crew members.

UPDATE 1650 GMT:

Local authorities have raised the toll to at least eight killed and six wounded from a Houthi attack in Yemen’s Taiz Province.

UPDATE 1646 GMT:

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say a second supertanker “burst into flames” after hitting a naval mine in the Persian Gulf earlier this morning.

Like the first exploded tanker, the second had more than 2 million barrels of crude oil and “attempted to pass through an illegal route by disabling all its navigation and radar systems”.

UPDATE 1639 GMT:

Iran’s exports to Pakistan have been temporarily halted due to US banking sanctions, although imports from Pakistan to Iran continue, says Payman Sanandaji, head of the Transportation Commission of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce.

“Given the sanctions on Iranian banks and the country’s banking system, this process has become difficult and has created problems for Iranian exports to Pakistan and Pakistani importers who source their shipments from Iran,” Sanandaji said in an interview.

The feasibility of imports will depend upon the “extent to which the Pakistani side will cooperate in continuing this process”, he continued. “If the restrictions resulting from the sanctions on the Iranian banking system continue, and it is not possible to carry out the required banking processes, Iran’s exports to Pakistan will practically stop.”

UPDATE 0921 GMT:

Houthi insurgents say Saudi airstrikes killed three children in the Dhamar Province in southwest Yemen on Friday.

The Houthi Health Ministry said strikes on houses in al-Ar village, killing one child aged 8 and two aged 10 and wounding more than 12 people.

The Houthis say 124 people have been killed in areas which they control since fighting escalated last month.

UPDATE 0659 GMT:

A tanker was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade on Friday, 68 nautical miles (125 km) northeast of Al Jubail in Saudi Arabia, reports the UK Maritime Trade Operations center.

All crew members were evacuated and are reported safe.

UPDATE 0655 GMT:

The price of Brent crude oil has reached $110 per barrel for the first time since May.

The price surged almost 4% before falling back slightly to $109.86 on Friday.

UPDATE 0608 GMT:

An investigation by Reuters finds Iran and its allies have hit at least 84 Gulf infrastructure sites with 135 missile and drone strikes during the US-Israel War.

Targets include oil-routing systems at Fujairah in UAE, the main port outside the Strait of Hormuz, disabling operations for weeks; Qatar’s Ras Laffan liquefied natural gas facility; and airports in at least four countries, including one in Saudi Arabia hit four days in a single week; and pumping stations along a key Saudi pipeline.

The strikes, including by Yemen’s Houthis and militias in Iraq, have inflicted billions of dollars of losses in damage and lost revenue. One of the world’s largest aluminum smelters, in Abu Dhabi, was demolished in a single day.

The Fujairah oil systems have been hit at least 19 times.

UPDATE, OCT 17:

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say an oil tanker exploded and caught fire after hitting a naval mine while crossing the Strait of Hormuz.

The Guards said the tanker, carrying more than 2 million barrels of crude oil, was using an unauthorized route.

UPDATE 1506 GMT:

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen says that it intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched towards the Saudi Red Sea city of Yanbu, two cruise missiles over the Red Sea, and three drones in the southern and Riyadh regions.

ORIGINAL ENTRY: Yemen’s Houthis fired missiles on the Presidential Palace of the internationally-recognized Yemeni Government on Thursday, killing five people.

The missile and drone attack was the first on the Al-Maashiq complex in the southern city of Aden during the escalating conflict between ​the Houthis, the Saudi-backed Government, and Saudi Arabia.

Yemeni Prime Minister Shaya al-Zindani ⁠and Cabinet members were safe, said Information Minister Moammar al-Eryani. Health Minister Qasim Buhaibeh said five guards and civilian employees were killed and 16 wounded.

A Government minister said three missiles hit a command center, and two struck the headquarters of Saudi-led forces at the place. He said there were Yemeni and Saudi casualties.

Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the group had bombed the Saudi military operations headquarters in Aden.

On Thursday the UN Security Council condemned the “escalatory” attacks by the Houthis on Saudi Arabia, including “reckless strikes” on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandeb Strait and on Riyadh’s airport.

The Saudi-led coalition said the Houthis attacked King Khalid International Airport 20 times in October, killing 17 people and wounding more than 300.

The coalition said it intercepted a cruise missile over Medina Province. Flightradar24 noted that dozens of flights were cancelled or delayed at Jeddah’s airport.

The Houthis, who have pledged not to attack airports in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, denied responsibility.