"It would have been a disaster if the plane was bombed," Yemeni Communication Minister Naguib al-Awg added. A Yemeni government official later blamed Iran-backed Houthi rebels for carrying out the violence. The U.N. special envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, condemned the explosion as an "unacceptable act of violence." CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPPresident Hadi, in exile in Saudi Arabia, had announced a Cabinet reshuffle earlier this month. The reshuffle was seen as a major step toward closing a dangerous rift between his government and the southern separatists.

Source: Fox News December 30, 2020 13:06 UTC