Yemen’s national army and resistance fighters seized several Houthi positions as they continued their advance in a major offensive launched on Monday to liberate the Southwestern town, a Yemeni news network reported on Wednesday.The national allies, backed by Arab coalition air force, occupied a large government complex and a Houthi security headquarters in Wazeya in Taiz outskirts after heavy fighting, Masdar Online said, quoting resistance sources.
The fighters were also engaged in fierce battles with the Iranian-backed Houthis and their allies before seizing Al Shukaira and Ahyouk in that area, it said.
“The sources affirmed that the resistance men seized a large quantity of weapons and ammunition left behind by the retreating rebels,” the report said.
Inside the city, the resistance fighters launched a lightning attack on Taiz University and succeeded in taking part of the building, the report added.
The attacks by the national army and the resistance were launched under heavy air cover by the coalition warplanes, which bombed scores of rebel targets on Tuesday.
Yemeni officials and resistance commanders have said the liberation of Taiz is a matter of time and that it would pave the way for an attack on the capital Sanaa, the main stronghold of the insurgents.