--- description: A series of blasts struck a hotel in the Yemeni city of Aden that is currently being used as a government base, al-Jazeera reported title: Blasts Strike Yemeni Hotel Used as Government Base image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4ae926afde2dc865/698866fb428a9e55f8ccf7da/gettyimages-491491238.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Yemen](/tag/yemen/) ## Yemen Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Blasts Strike Yemeni Hotel Used by Prime Minister as Government Headquarters by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 6, 2015 7:37 AM CUT  A picture taken from distance on Oct. 6, 2015, shows smoke billowing from the Al-Qasr Hotel in the Yemeni city of Aden after it was hit by second rocket attacks A picture taken from distance on Oct. 6, 2015, shows smoke billowing from the Al-Qasr Hotel in the Yemeni city of Aden after it was hit by second rocket attacksSaleh Al-Obedi—AFP/Getty Images by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 6, 2015 7:37 AM CUT A series of blasts has seriously damaged a hotel in the Yemeni city of Aden that was being used as the war-torn nation’s seat of government, [al-Jazeera reported](http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/10/hotel-housing-yemen-pm-aden-hit-rockets-151006050309594.html "undefined"). Officials with Yemen’s government said that Tuesday morning’s missile attack on al-Qasr Hotel did not harm Khaled Bahah, who is both the country’s Prime Minister and its Vice President, but claimed an unspecified number of casualties. It is unclear whether any government officials were killed. Authorities have not identified the perpetrators of the attack on the hotel, which has been an operations base for the government of Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi since [he returned to the country in late September](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/yemen/11882780/Yemen-president-Abd-Rabbu-Mansour-Hadi-returns-to-Aden-after-six-month-exile.html "undefined") following a six-month [exile](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29319423 "undefined") in Saudi Arabia. (Bahah also returned from exile last month.) Aden, a historic port city on Yemen’s southern coast, was declared the country’s provisional capital in July when an Arab military coalition successfully reclaimed the city from Shi‘ite Houthi forces. 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