Yemen's armed forces continue to gain ground against Saudi-backed mercenaries controlling southern Yemen as a resumption in major fighting enters its second month

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The Saudi air force launched a wave of airstrikes on 2 October to fend off an offensive by Yemen’s Ansarallah-led armed forces, who are pushing to capture the strategic city of Taiz from Saudi-backed mercenaries.

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According to the correspondent for Iran’s Tasnim News Agency, YAF troops have “taken control of the road linking the capital Sanaa and Taiz, cutting off the most important logistical route for Saudi-backed mercenaries and bringing Taiz closer to being captured by Yemen’s armed forces.”

The YAF has launched operations at several points in Taiz governorate and city since Wednesday, with heavy clashes reported in eastern Taiz and in Al-Turbah, the center of Ash Shamayatayn district in southern Taiz governorate, the Tasnim correspondent added.

The YAF took control of areas of northern and eastern Taiz earlier this month as part of an offensive that led to the capture of the strategic city of Mokha on the Red Sea coast.