About 10 people were killed and dozens injured when a blast struck a military graduation parade in Yemen's southern province of al-Dhalea on Sunday, according to Xinhua News Agency. 

A local security official told Xinhua on condition of anonymity that earlier medical reports showed around 10 soldiers were killed and some 25 others injured during the blast. According to Xinhua, witnesses and medics said at least nine people were killed earlier in the day.

The Yemeni southern Belt Forces, military forces controlling al-Dhalea, accused Houthi rebels of firing a missile at the parade in a Twitter post.

There is no comment yet from the Houthi rebels who control the northern part of al-Dhalea. 

In another development in August, 38 people were killed in a Houthi-claimed missile attack at a military parade in the southern port city of Aden.

Yemen has been mired in a civil war since late 2014 after Houthi rebels stormed the capital Sanaa and much of the country's north, forcing the internationally-recognized government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi into exile.

The Yemeni southern Belt Forces are part of a Saudi-led coalition battling the Iran-allied Houthi rebels. 

(Cover: Yemeni soldiers stand on their positions on a mountain on the front line of fighting with Houthis in Nihem area, near Sanaa, Yemen, January 27, 2018./ Reuters Photos)