The Yemeni government had only recently returned from exile, and had set up temporary headquarters in Aden’s al-Qasr hotel, after Gulf Arab and Yemeni troops retook the major southern port city from the Houthi forces.
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Military installations were also hit.
Islamic State’s statement said one of the bombers detonated a bomb-laden truck at the Palace Hotel, known in Arabic as the Al-Qasr hotel.
Amnesty worldwide called Wednesday for a “suspension” in transfers of certain arms to members of a Saudi-led coalition battling Yemeni rebels following “damning evidence of war crimes”.
Meanwhile, Abu Hamza al-Sanaani blew up a UAE-held military position using another armoured vehicle, the group said.
IS published the names and photographs of the four alleged assailants.
The coalition said three Emiratis and one Saudi soldier died.
“So far, no Yemeni government officials are confirmed to have been killed, security sources in Aden told CNN”.
Medics told AFP two Yemeni guards were killed and 12 were wounded in the attack on Bahah’s hotel.
There was no claim of responsibility for the attacks.
The news of the Saudi-led coalition’s bombing of a Yemen wedding comes just days after the United States applauded the appointment of Saudi Arabia as the head of a UN Human Rights Council panel.
Fawaz Hanbala, co-ordinator of the campaign supporting the United Arab Emirates, said the demonstrators took to street to thank all those who conducted Operation Decisive Storm that saved Yemen from the brutal, flagrant and wrongful aggression.
The hotel was among a series of targets in Aden hit by explosions on Tuesday, WAM said in an earlier report.
On Sunday, 20 Huthi rebels were killed and 40 captured when forces loyal to President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi attacked insurgents in Jebel Nasr near Bab al-Mandab, the same sources said.
President Hadi was said to be out of the country at the time of attack on the hotel housing his government. A September 5 rocket attack that the coalition blamed on the Houthi rebels killed more than 60 of its soldiers.
Tuesday’s attacks were claimed by a new affiliate calling itself Aden and Abyan Province.
Head of the visiting delegation, for his part, expressed gratitude to Iran for its supports for the Arab country, stressing that armed resistance to the Saudi-led invasion will continue.
The Red Crescent has overseen the aid operation in Aden, which was extensively damaged after it was invaded by the Houthi rebels in March.
He has also pressed the army to restore security in the city, which is still experiencing violence.
Hadi returned to Saudi Arabia on Monday where he met with King Salman, a key supporter of his government.
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The six-month war has left at least 4,000 civilians dead, according to the Houthi-controlled Health Ministry.
