Two women, aged 56 and 36, were injured in a sniper attack by Houthi militia in the Ash-Shaghab area east of Taiz province on Saturday.

According to local sources, the women were shot by a sniper positioned on the heights overlooking the area while they were in the Najd Al-Marqab neighborhood.

This incident brings the total number of sniper victims in the region to 283 since the start of the conflict. According to human rights statistics, the Houthi militia has committed over 13,694 violations in Ash-Shaghab, including killings, injuries, arrests, displacement, and destruction of public and private property.