Group accuses Yemen rebels of storing weapons near civilians
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A prominent international rights group says Yemen's Houthi rebels had stored explosives in a warehouse in a residential area in the capital that caught fire last month, killing at least 15 children and wounding more than 100 people.
The New York-based Human Rights Watch and an independent Yemeni rights organization released a joint statement on Thursday urging the Houthis to "stop storing large concentrations of volatile materials in densely populated areas."
In Yemen's civil war, the Iran-backed Houthis have been fighting a Saudi-led military coalition backing Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi's forces since March 2015.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Houthis control the capital, Sanaa.
The statement said the initial cause of the fire remains unknown. However, it cited media reports saying Saudi-led forces had launched an airstrike in this area that day.