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A fighter loyal to Yemen’s internationally-recognized government fires a machine gun balanced on a motorcycle at a position along the frontlines against the Houthis around Mount al-Midan in Yemen’s western Taiz province on October 26, 2026. (Ahmad AL-BASHA/AFP)

The Houthis reported 12 killed in strikes Thursday on residential areas of western Yemen, which they blamed on Saudi Arabia, while explosions later rocked Riyadh.

The Iran-backed Houthis and the Saudi-backed, internationally recognized Yemeni government have exchanged daily attacks since a years-long truce fell apart over the summer.

“As an initial toll, 12 citizens were killed and three others were critically injured when the Saudi enemy targeted” a list of people, the Houthi-run health ministry said in a statement Thursday shared by the group’s Saba news agency.

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