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Fresh Yemen clashes kill more than 60, military and medical sources say

From Dawn · () English

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  • Fighting between Yemen’s Saudi-backed government forces and Houthi rebels killed more than 60 people in the country’s southwest, according to military and medical sources cited by AFP.
  • The reported deaths included 26 government troops, 31 Houthi fighters and six civilians killed when a missile struck a bus, with seven others wounded.
  • The clashes centered on control of a gateway to the Red Sea and followed some of the heaviest fighting in years after a 2022 ceasefire collapsed in July.

More than 60 people were killed in renewed fighting between Yemen’s Saudi-backed government forces and Houthi rebels, including six civilians traveling on a bus, military and medical sources told AFP.

The clashes erupted in Yemen’s southwest over control of a gateway to the Red Sea. They followed some of the deadliest fighting in years on Friday, after a ceasefire agreed in 2022 collapsed in July.

Three Yemeni military sources said 26 government troops died during several hours of fighting. Medical and military sources aligned with the Houthis said 31 rebel fighters were killed.

A missile strike also hit a bus traveling from the government-held city of Taiz toward Aden, the seat of Yemen’s internationally recognized government, a medical source in Taiz said. Six civilians died and seven were wounded. A government official blamed the Houthis for the attack.

In Taiz, a military officer warned that the “coming hours will be decisive” as the fighting continued.

The coming hours will be decisive

· A military officer in TaizThe officer described the immediate stakes as fighting continued in southwest Yemen.
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