As many as five people were killed and 34 left injured in what Yemeni-government media said was a Houthi missile strike on Marib city on Wednesday night, state news agency SABA said on Friday.
A resident and a medical source said a missile on Wednesday had fallen next to a military building in the al-Matar area, reported news agency Reuters.
Marib city is the Yemeni government’s last northern stronghold. It sits in an energy-producing region which has been the focus of fighting over the past year, during which Iran-aligned Houthi forces advanced towards the city.
The fighting for Marib has dashed U.N.-led ceasefire efforts as both sides ramped up military operations.
In the past few weeks, the Houthis have launched a number of missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia, which leads a coalition backing the government’s fight against the Houthis, and two unprecedented attacks on the United Arab Emirates, a coalition member.
The Saudi-led coalition has in recent weeks stepped up airstrikes on Houthi areas in Yemen, including on a detention centre that killed around 90 people.
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