Yemeni forces on Sunday announced that they have controlled positions in Marib and Taiz provinces after fierce clashes with the Houthi rebels, Russia Today TV reported.

Clashes are still ongoing in Nehm directorate in northern the capital Sanaa amid intensive shelling of the Arab coalition warplanes on the Houthis' hideouts and weapons caches.

Earlier, three journalists were killed by Houthis and militants loyal to former Yemeni president Ali Abdallah Saleh.

The Yemeni Journalists' Syndicate called on the UN and the international community to shoulder their responsibility towards the crimes committed against journalists.

Source: MENA