# Civilians among at least 60 killed in Yemen as ground fighting escalates

https://mins.news/en/item/46634

- The Guardian, 2026-09-05 13:47 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/05/yemen-ground-fighting-escalates-houthi-rebels-government-forces

> More than 60 people, including civilians, were killed as Houthi forces advanced in an offensive against Yemen’s Saudi-backed government troops on the western coast. Twenty-six government soldiers and 31 Houthi fighters died in the fighting, while a missile hit a bus in Taiz, killing six civilians and injuring seven.

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