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Major military escalation in Taiz: fierce clashes on countryside and city fronts

Taiz, Yemen ·

Government forces and Houthi fighters are fighting intensely on fronts in Taiz's countryside and city. Houthi forces are reported to be seeking to reach the strategic Bab al-Mandab strait.

Yemen's Houthi movement (Ansar Allah), which controls Sanaa and much of the north, has fought the internationally recognised government since 2014, and Taiz has been a major front in the fighting.

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