At least three children died and their parents were wounded in an air strike on Tuesday by a U.S. drone that missed its target in Al-Wadiah, in southern Yemen, witnesses told EFE.

The bombing destroyed the house of the family, located in the village of Al-Shemil in the district of Al-Wadiah, birthplace of Yemeni President Abdo Rabu Mansur Hadi.

The adults were taken to hospital in the city of Zinjibar, capital of the southern province of Abien.

According to witnesses, the attack was part of others that were launched simultaneously against positions of Al-Qaeda in that area. EFE

As previously reported by The Costa Rica Star, Yemen has been on the verge of falling to a rebellion led by rebels of Houthi ethnicity.

The United States along with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have been providing military assistance to the Yemeni government. Groups of Al Qaeda fighters have been assisting some Houthi rebel factions, but they have also tried to establish a strategic presence in Yemen. ISIS loyalists has attempted to gain opportunistic ground in Yemen, but they have been contained by Al Qaeda.

A further wire report by Agencia EFE indicates that Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdel-Malek al-Mekhlafi announced a decision by Yemeni government negotiators on Monday to leave Kuwait where peace talks are being held with Houthi rebels, until the rebels accept the plan proposed by the United Nations.

In a news conference broadcast by Al Arabiya TV channel, the Yemeni minister said that it is “useless” to stay in Kuwait after accepting the U.N. agreement, but indicated that the official delegation will return to resume negotiations when the rebels sign the pact.

Mekhlafi pointed out that Kuwait gave a deadline until Sunday for the two warring parties to sign the “security agreement” and then continue negotiations on other political, economic and humanitarian issues.

Houthi rebels and their allies, supporters of former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh, demanded on Sunday a comprehensive agreement that stipulates the distribution of power, while the government calls for applying the security plan first, which forces the rebels to withdraw from the occupied cities and hand over their weapons.

The U.N. plan provides the withdrawal of Houthis from Sanaa, as well as the Yemeni provinces of Taiz and Al Hudaydah and holding a political dialogue, which should start 45 days after the acceptance of the pact. EFE