❗️Yemen's Ansarallah cuts Taiz–Aden supply route, tightens encirclement of Taiz

The Ansarallah-led Yemeni Armed Forces have reportedly seized the Al-Safiya area and cut the main supply road linking Taiz with Aden, effectively tightening the encirclement of Taiz city, according to AFP, citing four security sources.

A local police source told AFP that Ansarallah also took control of the area's police station, while three Yemeni military sources confirmed the group's control of both the area and the key supply route. Fighting in the area remains ongoing.

The advance follows days of heavy clashes between Ansarallah and Saudi-backed government forces around Taiz.

Although the city remains under Saudi-backed government control, it has long been besieged from the north, east, and west and remains one of the main front lines in Yemen's war, which reignited in July after several years of relative calm.