Yemeni army keeps bombing killing more civilians

Witnesses said two women were among the seven victims of the Wednesday raid in Matammah, an area situated in Yemen's northern province of Al Jawf.

Eyewitnesses also reported seeing Yemeni government warplanes carry out at least four air strikes in different regions of the same province.

Earlier, US had sent its special forces to train the yemeni army,sent drone jets as well, and Saudi Arabia is also lending full support to the yemeni government's crackdown on the Houthi fighters.

There are no reports available as to how many people were killed or injured during the attacks.

The conflict in northern Yemen began in 2004 between Sana'a and Houthi fighters. Relative peace had returned to the region until August 11, when the Yemeni army launched a major offensive, dubbed Operation Scorched Earth, against Sa'ada Province.

The government claims that the fighters, who are named after their leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi, seek to restore the Shia imamate system, which was overthrown in a 1962 military coup.

The Houthis, however, say they are defending their people's civil rights, which the government has undermined under pressure from Saudi-backed Wahhabi extremists. Shias, who form the clear majority in the north, make up approximately half of Yemen's overall population.

, UN estimates that during the past five years, up to 175,000 people have been forced to leave their homes in Sa'ada to take refuge in overcrowded camps set up by the international body without clear estimates on how many people have been killed since 1994 or in the recent wave of violence.