Yemen's interior minister said on Tuesday that forces loyal to President Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi were in control of 75 percent of the country's third largest city of Taez, according to Ap. Brig. General Abdo Mohammed al-Hazifi said that forces from the Popular Resistance took control of most of the city where Iranian-backed Houthi militias have been targeting civilians. Also in Taez, five Houthis were killed and 70 others were wounded during clashes with pro-Hadi forces, according to local sources. Meanwhile, around 470 Houthis were killed in the country's southern province of Lahej after clashes with Popular Resistance forces, sources told Al Arabiya News Channel. On Monday, fighters from the Popular Resistance seized the country's largest military base from the Houthis. The recapture of the al-Anad base opened up the road north to the city of Taez, where Iranian-allied Houthi militias have been locked in combat with local fighters siding with Hadi.
