Deadly bomb attack targets governor in Aden

At least four people were killed and 11 injured when a bomb exploded in Yemen's second city, security officials said Thursday.

Governor Nayef al-Bakri was unharmed in the blast at the headquarters of the Aden Faculty of Administrative Sciences, which is housing the governor's offices as Yemen spirals into protracted civil war.

Al-Bakri, a former member of the Sunni Islamist Islah party, was appointed governor by exiled President Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi last month.

The city of Aden was recaptured by loyalist forces supported by Saudi-led air strikes and has been seen as a turning point in the conflict as Iran-backed Houthi rebels lose ground but remain dug-in in the capital Sanaa.

Port city devastated by airstrikes

More than 4,300 people have died in the fighting including 400 children, according to UN figures. On Wednesday the top UN aid official criticized Saudi-led forces for air strikes against the rebel-held port of Hodeida which has been a lifeline for civilians in need of food, medicine and fuel.

"These attacks are in clear contravention of international humanitarian law and are unacceptable," Stephen O'Brien told the Security Council.

At least 80 percent of Yemen's population of 26 million are in desperate need of aid, and nearly 1.5 million have been driven from their homes in the nearly five-month war.

jar/jil (AFP, AP, Reuters)