Two children killed in Yemen's Marib

Five more were injured, making the number of young casualties Sunday the most since the Houthi offensive began in February.
Yemen fighting
A Yemeni pro-government fighter fires at the Iran-backed Huthi rebels as they inch closer to the strategic city of Marib on Sept. 27. Sixty-seven Yemeni rebels and pro-government troops have been killed in fighting for the city, military sources said, as the insurgents inch closer to the loyalists' last northern bastion. - AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images
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Two children were killed in Yemen’s war-torn Marib governorate Sunday. 

The two siblings, aged two and four, were killed during fighting in the area. Five children were also injured there, including a seven-month-old baby. Some of the injured are in critical condition, according to the United Nations’ children agency UNICEF. 

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