Yemen’s Houthi rebels say the prime minister and a number of other ministers in their government were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Thursday.

The struggle for primacy in this remote, long-fought-over corner of the Middle East is far from completed. From a distance, the Commonwealth military cemetery in Aden resembles an abandoned construction site.

A t least 35 people were killed in Israeli air strikes on Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen on Wednesday, according to the Iran-backed group's health ministry.

Israel carried out strikes on Yemen’s capital Sanaa and northern province of Al Jawf, killing at least 35 people in a fresh offensive on the Iran-backed Houthi militant group as the tit-for-tat between both sides persists.

A vessel traveling through the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of Yemen, came under attack on 23 September, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO). The explosion was reported near the vessel,