
Fighters with the Saudi-backed coalition assess the damage outside the airport of Yemen's southern city of Aden on Dec. 31, 2020, a day after explosions rocked the building, killing or injuring dozens of people.
The new Yemeni government's ability to effectively govern will face threats from security risks and internal fractures, but the unity Cabinet will hold together in the coming months despite attacks targeting it such as the deadly explosion at Aden International Airport. The Dec. 30 explosion at the arrivals terminal of Aden International Airport killed 22, including some lower level officials, and injured at least 60, mostly civilians who were welcoming the new Yemeni unity government that had landed moments before. The government blamed the Houthi rebels for the attack, though culpability remains unclear. The new government's ability to function in the long term depends not only on easing ongoing internal feuding between north and south, but also on its ability to tamp down threats like the dangerous militancy on display in the attack.