Civilians among at least 60 killed in Yemen as ground fighting escalates
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- Fighting between Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces and the Iran-aligned Houthi movement killed more than 60 people, including civilians, on Yemen’s western coast.
- Medical and military sources told AFP that 26 government troops and 31 Houthi fighters died during several hours of fighting in the southwest.
- A missile strike killed six civilians and injured seven others traveling by bus in Taiz.
More than 60 people, including civilians, have been killed in some of Yemen’s deadliest clashes in years as Houthi forces pushed ahead with an offensive along the country’s western coast.
The fighting involved Saudi-backed government forces and the Iran-aligned Houthi movement. Medical and military sources told Agence France-Presse that 26 government troops and 31 Houthi fighters were killed during several hours of combat in Yemen’s southwest on Saturday.
The violence also reached civilians in Taiz, where a missile strike hit a bus. Six people were killed and seven others injured, adding to the toll from the ground fighting.
The clashes came as the Houthis advanced with their military operation against government forces, turning the western coast into the scene of one of the conflict’s most severe escalations in years.
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