Two children were killed in two separate incidents Friday by militants of the Houthi group and former president Saleh's forces in Taiz province in southwestern Yemen.

A local source told Almasdaronline that Ahmed Salah al-Baadani, 12, was killed while inspecting their house in the Kalaba neighborhood east of Taiz by a Houthi sniper from the Central Security Forces camp.

In another incident, Alaa Ali Mohammed Ghanem, 7, was killed Friday morning after being run over by a military vehicle of the Houthis-Saleh militants in al Hadara Hanna village of al-Wazaiya district, west of Taiz.

It is noteworthy that dozens of children have been killed over the past two years by snipers gunfire and shelling of the Houthis-Saleh militants in Taiz.