Third
Largest City and Gateway to Sanaa
UAE-backed
Popular Resistance forces captured a mountaintop citadel and an intelligence
headquarters and have fought their way deep into the central city of Taiz on Sunday,
largely pushing out Houthi insurgents out of the city. The resistance forces
captured the headquarters of the Taiz Province’s government building on
Saturday. Taiz is Yemen’s largest city and is considered as a gateway to Sanaa,
the capital.
The Battle
of Taiz started in April with Saudi-led warplanes striking the Houthi positions
in the city, leading to the advance of the resistance forces, backed by the UAE
armor and ground forces, into the city to push out the Houthis.
Photo
credit: Southern Resistance forces in Taiz city; 15 August 2015 (Aljazeera)
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