SANAA // Gunmen shot dead two Yemenis working for the International Committee of the Red Cross on Wednesday as they were travelling from the northern Saada province to the capital, the group said.
Rima Kamal, an ICRC spokeswoman in Sanaa, says the two were killed in Amran province.
Yemen has been mired in violence since Zaydi Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, swept down from their stronghold in Saada and captured Sanaa last September. Both Amran and Saada are fully controlled by the Houthis.
The Houthis are fighting alongside army units loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh against forces loyal to exiled president Abdrabu Mansur Hadi as well as southern separatists and local militias. A Saudi Arabia-led and US-backed coalition has been launching air strikes against the rebels since March.
The conflict has killed over 2,100 civilians, according to the United Nations.
Saudi Arabia’s civil defence said on Tuesday that seven people were wounded when a missile fired from inside Yemen struck three vehicles in Al Tuwal village in the Jizan border province.
Last month, pro-government forces backed by Saudi Arabia-led air strikes drove the rebels out of Yemen’s southern port city of Aden after heavy fighting.
* Associated Press
