Two projectiles slammed into a sector of Aden airport that houses a Saudi‑backed government military unit, said a security official and a traffic controller, both of whom declined to be named.
The strike, recorded at 23:15 local time, came a day after Houthi rebels hit the presidential palace complex, which has been the seat of Yemen's internationally recognized government since 2015.
No casualties have been reported so far, and no group has claimed responsibility, leaving analysts to weigh the possibility that the attack is part of a broader strategy to destabilise the port city.
The Ministry of Defence has called an emergency meeting to assess the damage, while the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has warned that the city could see a spike in violence.
In the rubble near the runway, a father and his two children are waiting for news of their missing brother, a former air force officer now a civilian, illustrating the human cost of the conflict.
Authorities will conduct a forensic sweep tomorrow, and the next phase of the Houthi campaign remains uncertain.