Houthi shelling kills three civilians in southwestern Yemen

Three civilians were killed, including two children, in artillery shelling by Houthi rebels in Yemen’s southwestern Taiz province on Saturday, according to local sources.

Twelve people – eight women and four children – were also injured in the attack that targeted Al-Ghousha village, west of Taiz, the sources said.

There was no comment yet from the Houthi group on the report.

Government forces and Houthi rebels share control of Taiz, one of Yemen’s most populated provinces.

The province witnesses repeated clashes between the two warring rivals amid efforts by the United Nations to strike a cease-fire deal between the two sides.

Yemen has been engulfed by violence and instability since September 2014, when Iranian-aligned Houthi rebels captured much of the country, including the capital, Sanaa.

In 2015, a Saudi-led military coalition entered the war to restore the government to power.

The nine-year conflict has created one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, with millions suffering from hunger.