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Fierce clashes on the Shaqab and Sanamat fronts in Taiz

Taiz, Yemen ·

Fierce fighting broke out after dawn today between government forces and local resistance fighters on one side and Houthi forces on the other.

Yemen's Houthi movement (Ansar Allah) controls Sanaa and much of the north, while government forces and allied local fighters hold other areas. Taiz, in south-western Yemen, has seen front-line fighting since the war escalated in 2015.

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