Civilian casualties have been reported after the Houthi group fired a ballistic missile at a restaurant west of Taiz province in southwestern Yemen, according to state media.
The Saba News Agency said on Friday that the Houthis “targeted a restaurant in the Mokha junction area west of Taiz with a ballistic missile.”
The strike caused civilian casualties, the agency said, without immediately giving their number or the nature of their injuries.
There was no immediate comment from the Houthis on the report.
The attack came as Yemeni government forces retook a strategic position from the Houthis amid fierce fighting on several fronts west of Taiz, Saba reported.
Government forces regained control of Tabbat al-Khazan in the Jabal Habashi district following heavy clashes with Houthi forces, while fighting intensified on the Maqbanah and Al-Kadha fronts.
The latest fighting follows clashes Thursday in which the Yemeni army said 50 members of the Houthi group were killed or injured after they thwarted an attack aimed at seizing control of a road linking the cities of Taiz and Mocha in western Yemen.
The escalation is among the most significant rounds of fighting in Taiz since the UN-brokered truce in 2022, amid UN warnings over the risk of Yemen sliding back into a wider conflict.
Since September 2014, the Houthis have controlled the capital Sanaa and other cities, while the internationally recognised government and allied forces control large areas in the south, east, and west of the country.
