On Thursday, the Houthis attacked the presidential palace in Aden, in southern Yemen. The Yemeni government announced that in this attack two security forces were killed and a total of five ballistic missiles were used. This palace is an internationally recognized seat of government. The Houthis say this palace was used as a military operations center and Saudi officers ran it. Muammar al-Aryani, Yemen's Minister of Information, announced that the Houthis fired five rockets at the "Mashik" presidential palace compound. According to him, the prime minister and members of the Yemeni cabinet who were present in this compound during the attack were not injured.