Fighting around the besieged capital of Yemen's Taiz province is intensifying, with the Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Tuesday accusing Yemeni government forces of an attack on a gas station that has killed at least 2.

Human Rights Watch said in a report released Monday that a Houthi attack that severely damaged a road leading to Taiz city where the humanitarian situation is worsening may be in violation of international law.

Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Tuesday.