Houthi
Blast hits military parade in Yemen, at least five dead
No claim of responsibility was made and Houthi media did not immediately comment on the blast or accusation.
The attack killed at least 32 people, a medical and a security source told Reuters. Medecins Sans Frontieres tweeted that tens of wounded were hospitalised.
According to Unicef, 1.8 million Yemeni children under the age of five suffer from acute malnutrition, and the lives of 400,000 severely affected children are under threat.
Earlier, Al-Masariah TV of Yemen’s Houthis said the group had fired a ballistic missile at Jazan’s airport, without giving any further details.
The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis accused them of using Iranian-made missiles.
Saudi Arabia and its allies launched dozens of raids on Houthi positions in Sanaa and nearby provinces, a day after former president Ali Abdullah Saleh’s son vowed to take revenge.
The attack began with a suicide bomber detonating an explosive in his car at a military post.
The mortar barrage hit three full storage tanks, in an incident sure to add to the fuel crisis.
The dead included five women and two children in attacks on Saada and Marib provinces.
Local fighters battling the rebel Houthi militia in Yemen’s port of Aden stormed areas around the airport.
Fighting between Yemen's warring factions raged in southern and central parts of the country.
Violence has been spreading across the country since last year when the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa.
Warplanes bombed Yemen despite an announcement it was ending its campaign of air strikes.
The UN is due to vote and effectively impose an arms embargo on the rebels who rule most of the country.
Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has appointed his former PM as VP, a move aimed at improving the chances of peace.
Houthi forces fought battles street by street with local militia in the old centre of Aden on Wednesday.
Yemen's state news agency said the camp at Haradh was hit by Saudi planes.
The fighting has brought civil war to a country already sliding into chaos.
Saudi Arabia launched military operations in Yemen against Houthi militia forces besieging the city of Aden.