Mayaƙan Houthi sun yi arangama mai tsanani da dakarun gwamnatin Yemen a wasu yankuna na lardin Taiz, a kudu maso yammacin ƙasar. Rikicin ya ƙara tsananta yayin da Houthis suka ƙaddamar da wani gagarumin farmaki a kan layukan gaba da ke yammacin Taiz, kusa da gaɓar Bahar Maliya.
A cewar rahotanni, Houthis sun yi ƙoƙarin samun iko da hanyar da ta haɗa birnin Taiz da al-Makha (Mocha), wadda hanya ce mai matuƙar muhimmanci wajen jigilar kayayyaki da abinci zuwa yankunan bakin teku. Gwamnatin Yemen ta ce dakarunta sun sake kwace wasu wuraren da Houthis suka karɓe.
Cibiyar yaɗa labaran sojojin Yemen ta ce Houthis sun harba makamai masu linzami guda 14 tare da amfani da jiragen sama marasa matuƙi a yankunan Taiz da Hodeidah. Ta kuma ce an kashe fiye da mayakan Houthi 18, yayin da wata majiyar soji ta ce dakarun gwamnati 13 sun mutu. Waɗannan alkaluman ba a tabbatar da su daga dukkan ɓangarorin ba.
Sabon rikicin ya ƙara tayar da fargabar cewa Yemen na iya komawa cikin cikakken yaƙin basasa, bayan shekaru da aka samu raguwar faɗan kai tsaye tsakanin ɓangarorin. Masu sharhi na ganin cewa iko da yankunan da ke kusa da gabar Bahar Maliya na da muhimmiyar fa'ida ta soja da tattalin arziki.