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Urgent: large Houthi attack in Al-Maqatra.. control of several areas, fierce clashes and casualties reported

Yemen ·

The attack came in the early hours of Saturday, 31 October 2026, after heavy shelling and fierce fighting on several fronts of the Al-Maqatra directorate in Lahj governorate. It followed an assault launched by the Houthi militia around midnight.

Lahj is a governorate in southern Yemen, where the Houthis have fought the internationally recognised government, which holds much of the south, for years.

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