Children among dead as blast rocks Yemen's rebel-held capital

Yemen's Sanaa was rocked by a huge blast on Sunday.

A wounded Yemeni schoolgirl after the explosion. Source: AAP

At least 13 people are dead including seven children after an explosion hit a warehouse in Yemen's rebel-held capital of Sanaa on Sunday. 

Houthi rebels told local media the Saudi-led coalition hit the warehouse with an airstrike. 

More than 110 people were reportedly injured in the blast.

Yemenis gather around a wounded schoolgirl in Sanaa. Source: AAP

The coalition has denied carrying out air strikes in the area at that time.

State-run media said rebels were storing weapons in the warehouse. 

The World Health Organization estimates nearly 10,000 Yemenis have been killed since 2015, when Saudi Arabia and its allies intervened to prevent the defeat of the government in the face of a rebel offensive.

Human rights groups say the real death toll is several times higher.

Family members react to the news. Source: AAP

The conflict has pushed millions of Yemenis to the brink of mass starvation, in what the UN has called the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

Last week, US lawmakers voted to end military support for the war, dealing a harsh bipartisan rebuke to Donald Trump and taking the historic step of curtailing a president's war-making powers.

The House of Representatives voted 247 to 175, with one congressman voting present, to approve a resolution that directs the president "to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities in or affecting the Republic of Yemen" within 30 days.

The text cleared the Senate last month and now heads to Mr Trump, who is expected to veto the legislation.

A Yemeni man reacts after his schoolgirl granddaughter was killed. Source: AAP

The White House has called the measure "flawed" and warned it would harm bilateral relations in the region, including with Saudi Arabia.

Additional reporting: AFP