Fifteen members of a Saudi-led coalition fighting rebels in Yemen were among those killed in a series of explosions in the southern port city of Aden on Tuesday, the United Arab Emirates said.
The attacks targeted a hotel that Yemen's Prime Minister Khaled Bahah and his cabinet use as a base, and the residence and headquarters of the UAE troops, who are part of a Saudi-led coalition targeting the rebels, known as Houthis.
Government officials said Bahah was not hurt in the attack at Hotel al-Qasr, Al Jazeera reported.
Yemen's internationally-recognized President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi fled Aden for Saudi Arabia in March as Houthis and their allies advanced on the city. In July, the rebels were driven out of Aden by government forces and militias loyal to them. Hadi, who returned to Aden last month, is not reported to be staying at the hotel, the BBC said.
The UAE's WAM news agency said the attacks were launched by the Houthis and their allies — forces loyal to ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh, who was deposed following the Arab Spring of 2011. The Houthis remain in control of large sections of the country.
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