Ten Yemeni soldiers were killed in an overnight attack near the blockaded city of Taez, Yemen's government said on Monday, calling it a "dangerous escalation" after a months-long ceasefire. The assault, which also left several soldiers wounded, was aimed at cutting off a key route to the southwestern city of about two million, the government said.
The Ansar Allah fighters have blocked main roads into Taez since 2015, the same year that a coalition intervened in the conflict.
Yemen's warring parties have been observing a ceasefire since April, bringing a drastic reduction in hostilities although small-scale fighting has continued. The Taez attack was a "blatant challenge to all initiatives and efforts seeking to end the war and achieve peace", Yemen's internationally recognised government said in a statement. It was "an attempt to undermine efforts to expand and extend the humanitarian truce", it added. -- AFP
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