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Yemeni government forces carried out nine airstrikes on Houthi fighters and military equipment in southwestern Taiz province on Tuesday, according to the Taiz Military Axis Media Center.
Five strikes hit the Al-Dhabab area and four others targeted Al-Misrakh district, the center said. It gave no information about casualties or damage.
Clashes were also continuing between government forces and Houthi fighters on the Al-Shaqab front, south of Taiz, it added.
Shelling reports and civilian casualties
Yemen’s Human Rights Ministry office in Taiz said late Monday that Houthi shelling killed six civilians, including a girl, and wounded others in densely populated rural villages on Sunday.
In Taiz city, shelling over the preceding 24 hours injured 17 civilians, including five women and six children, and damaged seven homes, the office said. It did not provide details about the severity of the injuries or the extent of the damage.
Separately, the Taiz Human Rights Center, a non-governmental organisation, accused the Houthis of shelling the area around Al-Safwa Hospital, a private facility in central Taiz, early Tuesday. It said a shell landed near the hospital, damaging patient rooms and frightening patients and medical staff.
UN reports 216,000 displaced since August
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Monday evening that 216,000 people had been displaced in Yemen since August, with more than 172,000 of them from Taiz province. The agency said the UN and humanitarian partners had provided emergency assistance to about 143,000 people, including food, hygiene supplies and cash support.
On Saturday, local authorities in Taiz warned that the Houthis had tightened their siege of the province, threatening the lives, security and livelihoods of more than six million residents.
The Yemeni army launched Operation “Dawn of Yemen” last week, saying it aimed to restore state institutions and end Houthi control of the capital, Sanaa. The latest developments are part of an escalation that began in July and is the most extensive since a period of relative calm following a UN-brokered truce that took effect in April 2022.
Yemen has been at war since the Houthis seized Sanaa and several of the country’s 22 provinces in September 2014. An Arab coalition led by neighbouring Saudi Arabia intervened in March 2015 in support of the internationally recognised government.
The Houthis control most northern and western provinces, including Sanaa, Saada, Amran, Dhamar, Al Hudaydah, Ibb, Al Mahwit and Raymah. They also hold parts of Hajjah, Al-Bayda, Marib, Al-Jawf, Al-Dhalea and Taiz.
Government forces and their allies control the interim capital, Aden, the eastern provinces of Al-Mahra and Hadramout, the southern provinces of Shabwa and Abyan, most of Lahj and Al-Dhalea, and parts of Taiz, Marib, Al-Jawf, Hajjah and Saada.
