Yemeni army reclaims sites west of Taiz

Yemeni fighters loyal to the government backed by the Saudi-led coalition fighting in the country ride in the back of a pickup truck with mounted heavy machine gun. (AFP)

DUBAI: Yemeni armed forces made progress on the ground in Taiz province, south-west Yemen, after clashes with Iran-backed Houthi militants on Sunday, Saudi state-news agency SPA reported.
A Yemeni military source said that the army had regained positions taken by the militia’s command center in the Muqabneh district west of Taiz, including Nubat Al-Host and Al-Aqhaf.
The source said in a statement to the armed forces’ official site “26 September” that 18 members of the Houthi militia had been killed, including a leader, while several others were wounded .
On the eastern front of Taiz, the Yemeni National Army managed to eliminate concentrations of Iranian-backed Houthi militia forces in the Luzom fortress and the Karifat area.