An air strike by the Saudi-led coalition fighting opponents of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi killed six civilians from the same family by mistake on Wednesday, a provincial official said.
Yemen's government and Iran-backed rebels agreed on Tuesday to free half of the prisoners and detainees held by both sides, in the first breakthrough in peace talks that began last month.
Yemen's Houthi movement accused a Saudi-led coalition of launching air strikes that killed seven people, shaking a truce that has largely held through more than two weeks of UN-backed peace talks in Kuwait.
UN-backed peace talks to end Yemen's civil war resumed on Wednesday after they were suspended by the Yemeni government for three days in protest at a Houthi assault on a military base near Sanaa.
Yemeni government forces and their Emirati allies took back control of the country's largest oil export terminal from al Qaeda on Monday, a day after routing the militants from their nearby stronghold.
Dozens of fighters loyal to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) were killed in clashes in southern Yemen, residents and a military source said, while a drone strike killed two others further north.
Yemen peace talks will begin on Thursday in Kuwait, the UN confirmed, after the rebels finally agreed to join the negotiating table.
Yemen's Shia Houthi rebels and their allies have agreed to join delayed UN-brokered peace talks in Kuwait, their representatives said on Wednesday.
Crucial talks between Yemen's government and rebels were delayed on Monday after the insurgents failed to show up, prompting UN concern over the fate of peace efforts for the war-torn country.
Pro-government forces expelled Al-Qaeda fighters from a provincial capital close to Yemen's second city of Aden on Friday, security officials said.
At least 13 pro-government fighters were killed in a rebel attack on their positions near the Yemeni capital despite a UN-brokered ceasefire taking effect this week, military sources said.
A UN-brokered ceasefire was taking hold in Yemen on Monday, raising hopes that peace talks due next week may finally resolve the country's devastating conflict.
