The bodies of six of the seven Indian nationals who were reported to be missing after Saudi airplanes bombed two boats near Yemen have been found, India's foreign ministry says.

The boats were carrying 21 Indian crew members. Fourteen of them were rescued, and seven reported to be missing.

Four of the rescued Indians are being treated in hospital.

Saudi Arabia is leading a coalition fighting rebels who took control over the capital, Sanaa, last September.

The bodies of the six Indians were recovered on Thursday night and were taken to a military hospital, foreign ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said.

The funerals will be held on Friday in the city of Hodeida, Yemen's second biggest port after Aden and a key source of supplies for the country's capital, Sanaa.

Yemeni coast guard officials said a Saudi-led coalition attacked more than five boats off the Yemeni coast on Tuesday.

In recent months Yemen has seen conflicts between different groups, pushing the country "to the edge of a civil war", according to a UN official.

The main fight is between forces loyal to the beleaguered President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and those allied to Zaidi Shia rebels known as Houthis, who forced Mr Hadi to flee Sanaa in February.

(BBC)