15 Killed in Separate Yemen Blasts

Government reports claim that two IED attacks resulted in the deaths of seven troops and eight individuals, largely members of one family, were killed when an unexploded missile from Yemen's lengthy battle exploded inside a home.

An anonymous government security officer told AFP that "an arms dealer was killed along with his wife and five of his children (...) and another eighth person inside the family's home while dismantling a projectile left over from the war".

Another security official confirmed the number of victims from the incident, which occurred on Tuesday in Marib, northern Yemen.

Since the Huthi rebels, who are supported by Iran, took control of Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, the battle has continued.

The next year, a military alliance led by Saudi Arabia intervened on behalf of the nation's globally acclaimed leadership.

In what the United Nations has dubbed one of the greatest humanitarian disasters in history, hundreds of thousands of people have perished in the conflict or as a result of indirect factors such a shortage of food.

The United Nations-mediated six-month cease-fire ended in October of last year, although the combat has mostly been put on pause since then.

In a separate incident, an official in the government forces reported that four Yemeni soldiers were killed Tuesday evening when two IEDs "planted by the Huthis on the main road" exploded and hit a number of military vehicles on their way back from one of the fronts near Taiz.

The government military official said "the Huthis infiltrated the road and planted four explosive devices" and were able to detonate two of them as the military vehicles passed by.

And in Abyan, southern Yemen, two officers and a soldier in the government forces were killed Tuesday evening by an IED planted by unknown gunmen, believed to be from al-Qaeda, according to a military official.

According to the official, Abyan has been witnessing "security operations and confrontations between al-Qaeda members and security forces" for weeks.