# Inside Yemen’s frontline city as Houthis battle for control

https://mins.news/en/video/86648

- BBC News, 2026-10-05 15:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYngCqCHg_Y

> Saudi-backed pro-government forces are fighting Houthi fighters in Taiz as they try to push them back. The Houthis moved down the Red Sea coast last month, seized a key shipping chokepoint and intensified Yemen’s civil war. Their advance towards Taiz has also severed vital supply routes linking the city to Aden, the Yemeni government’s interim capital.

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