At least 77 have been killed and dozens injured as three suicide bomb attacks targeted two mosques in Yemen’s capital city of Sana’a, announced Shiite Houthi rebels. The attacks targeted two mosques, killing both children and men. The first explosion struck Badr Mosque and was shortly followed by a second attack as worshippers fled said Houthi officials. Shortly after, a third explosion targeted the Al-Hashahush Mosque in the north of the capital. According to medial sources, a top Houthi sheikh, Al-Murtada bin Zayd al-Muhatwari, was killed at Badr mosque. No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks as of yet. Fighter jets target Presidential Palace On Thursday, fighter jets targeted the Presidential Palace in Aden where Yemen’s President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi had been operating since he fled the capital Sanaa in February. According to Yemeni government officials, anti-aircraft guns intercepted the fighter jets, forcing them to flee. However, smoke was seen rising from the Presidential Palace and the President is thought to have been evacuated. The latest attack appears to be a sign of escalation in the fighting between Hadi’s supporters and the Shiite Muslim Houthi group, which had previously…
