{"success":true,"data":{"id":"54094d7d-b405-4702-ab46-97abeacecc07","title":"Houthi strike on Yemen government military camp kills at least 50","summary":"ConflictsYemen Houthi strike on Yemen government military camp kills at least 50 The Iran-backed group has claimed responsibility for the attack which killed new recruits at a military camp. The strikes follow deadly attacks over the weekend blamed on Saudi-led forces.","content":"The Iran-backed group has claimed responsibility for the attack which killed new recruits at a military camp. The strikes follow deadly attacks over the weekend blamed on Saudi-led forces.\n\nAt least 50 Yemeni government forces were killed in a strike by Houthi rebels on a military camp in the south of the country on Monday, military officials said.\n\nThe group fired three ballistic missiles at the al-Alam camp in the province of Shabwa. Some 200 recruits were also wounded, according to the provincial government.\n\nThe Houthis confirmed that they had targeted the camp.\n\n## Deadliest attack in recent surge of violence in Yemen\n\nMilitary sources had originally put the death toll at 30, but this rose to at least 50 later in the day, with the Associated Press giving a toll of 53 and citing provincial authorities.\n\n\"The death toll has risen to at least 50, with more than 100 people injured, some of them in critical condition,\" Fahad al-Khalifi, deputy governor of Shabwa said, according to AFP.\n\nAl-Khalifi added that local hospitals had been overwhelmed and some of the more seriously wounded had been transferred to facilities in other provinces.\n\nThe increased death toll makes Monday's attack one of the deadliest in the recent uptick of violence in Yemen.\n\n## Can Yemen's government turn the tide against the Houthis?\n\n07:40\n\n## Yemeni government vows response to Houthi attack\n\nFighting in Yemen between the Iran-backed Houthis and the Saudi-backed government has been going on for years, but the US-Israeli war on Iran and other factors have sparked renewed fighting in the peninsula, with the Houthis also carrying out major attacks on Saudi Arabian soil.\n\nOfficials said that the soldiers who were killed and wounded in the attack had been recruits for a new Rapid Intervention force which is supposed to defend the local area.\n\nThe missiles reportedly struck while they were lining up in formation ahead of training.\n\nRashad al-Alimi, head of the ruling Presidential Leadership Council, vowed a \"firm response\" for the killing of the recruits and said the attack reflects the Houthis' \"approach of resorting to cowardly terrorist attacks whenever they face pressures or their Iranian-backed sabotage plots falter.\"\n\nMonday's strikes follow several attacks over the weekend that killed more than 30 people in Houthi-held areas. The Houthis have blamed Saudi-led forces for the attacks.\n\n## Saudi Arabia on the backfoot in the war against the Houthis\n\n14:06\n\n_Edited by: Wesley Dockery_\n\n_If you rely on our team for trusted reporting, please take a moment to select us as your Preferred Source on Google, so you'll always see our verified news first._\n\nAlex Berry Writer and Editor in DW's online newsroom.\n\nSend us your feedback\n\n## Your feedback\n\n## More on Conflicts from Middle East\n\nConflicts 20 hours ago 20 hours ago 02:37 min\n\n## Related topics\n\n# DW's Top Story\n\nPolitics 4 hours ago 4 hours ago 16 images\n\nBusiness 10/18/2026 October 18, 2026 10:39 min","source_name":"Deutsche Welle","source_url":"https://www.dw.com/en/houthi-strike-on-yemen-government-military-camp-kills-at-least-50/a-79702163?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf","url":"https://www.dw.com/en/houthi-strike-on-yemen-government-military-camp-kills-at-least-50/a-79702163?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf","author":"Unknown Author","author_name":"Unknown Author","published_at":"2026-10-19T14:39:00.000Z","publication_date":"2026-10-19T14:39:00.000Z","image_url":"https://static.dw.com/image/79578033_600.jpg","category":"politics","topic":"politics","tags":[],"political_bias":null,"bias_score":null,"confidence_score":null,"credibility_score":null,"factual_quality":null,"reading_time":3,"word_count":489,"view_count":0,"breaking":false,"breaking_news":false,"ai_analysis":null,"fact_check_status":"unverified","archive_status":"hot","language":null}}