“Houthi missile attack” killed at least 17 people in Marib, Yemen

At the time of the attack, the Omani delegation arrived to mediate peace talks between the Yemeni government and the Houthi rebels.

A ballistic missile hit the Yemeni city of Malibu, and the government blamed it on the Houthi rebels, killing at least 17 people, including a 5-year-old girl.

The Governor’s Press Secretary Ali al-Ghulisi said the missile hit a gas station in the Rawdha community.

The Minister of Information Moammar al-Eryani said that at least five people were injured in the attack, and all casualties were civilians.

He called on the United Nations and the United States to condemn the attack, calling it a war crime.

The Houthis did not immediately comment.

Yemen has been involved in the civil war since 2014, when the Houthis backed by Iran swept through most of the north and occupied the capital Sana’a, forcing the internationally recognized government into exile.

The following year, the Saudi-led coalition fought on the side of the government.

This war has killed more than 130,000 people and triggered the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

Drone attack

The government-run SABA news agency reported that the Houthi armed forces also launched a drone carrying explosives shortly after the missile attack.

It said the drone destroyed two ambulances rushing to the area.

Since February, the Houthi rebels have been trying to seize Malibu in an attempt to complete control of northern Yemen.

Saturday’s attack occurred the day after Tim Landkin, the U.S. envoy for Yemen, accused the Houthis of failing to try to achieve a much-needed ceasefire.

Lenderking’s remarks were made in a statement late Friday after his return to Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan from the Middle East diplomatic mission in Yemen.

Oman delegation in Sana’a

Houthi chief negotiator Mohamed Abdul-Salam said that at the same time, the Omani delegation arrived in Sana’a and held talks with Houthi leaders to advance the peace process.

“We arrived in Sana’a with the delegation of the Office of the Sultanate of Oman, trying to promote the process of resolving the humanitarian crisis and the peace process, because it is in the interests of the country and neighboring countries,” Abdul-Salam said. .

The visit came after U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Brinken had a telephone conversation with Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad bin Hammoud Bussaidi on Friday.