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Urgent: fierce, ongoing clashes on the Maqatara front west of Lahj

Lahij, Yemen ·

Armed clashes between the armed forces and Houthi fighters have been under way for about an hour, according to field sources, with confrontations intensifying between the two sides.

Yemen's Houthi movement (Ansar Allah), which controls Sanaa and much of the north, has been fighting government forces since 2014, with front lines running across several governorates.

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