1992 Aden hotel bombings

1992 Aden hotel bombings
Part of the Somali Civil War
LocationGold Mohur Hotel and Aden Mövenpick Hotel, Aden, Yemen
Date29 December 1992; 31 years ago (1992-12-29)
TargetU.S. Marines
Attack type
Bombings
WeaponsBombs
Deaths2
Injured7
PerpetratorsAl-Qaeda

The 1992 Aden hotel bombings were two terrorist bomb attacks carried out by al-Qaeda on December 29, 1992, that were intended to kill United States Marines in Aden, Yemen. It is considered to be the first attack on the United States by Al-Qaeda, though the objective was mostly unsuccessful.