Taiz News

More than 100 fighters were killed from both sides, most of them Houthi rebels who were hit by Saudi-led air strikes.

At least eight civilians were killed in Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen's southern province of Taiz on Thursday, medics and witnesses said.

 Rocket shelling allegedly by the Shiite Houthi group killed at least 14 civilians in Yemen's southern province of Taiz and wounded 70 others on Wednesday, medics and officials said.

A district commander and a sergeant in Saudi Arabia`s border guard have been killed in an attack launched from across the frontier with Yemen, the Saudi Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

Yemen's Shiite rebels intensified attacks against pro-government forces on Saturday in the southern city of Taiz, as they pushed to seize a strategic mountain and landmark positions in the city ahead of scheduled peace talks, security officials said.