By Reuters | Posted by TOE

At least 18 people were killed in an attack ​on Monday by the Iran-aligned Houthi ‌movement on a Yemeni government military training camp in Yemen’s Shabwa province, four government and medical sources told ​Reuters.

The government sources said the attack, ​which targeted soldiers during a morning training, ⁠was carried out using three ballistic missiles.

Fighting ​between the Saudi-led coalition backing Yemen’s internationally recognised ​government and the Houthis, who control the capital Sanaa and much of the north, has escalated in recent ​weeks, becoming another front in the wider regional ​conflict that began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran ‌in ⁠late February.

Earlier this month, government forces launched a campaign to recapture areas controlled by the Houthis, recovering ground near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a ​key shipping ​chokepoint at ⁠the mouth of the Red Sea.

War broke out in Yemen in ​2014 when the Houthis seized the capital ​Sanaa, ⁠driving the government south. A Saudi-led military intervention the following year led to a bloody stalemate ⁠before ​a 2022 truce that held ​until this year.