At least four civilians killed in Houthi missile strike near Yemen’s Taiz
The attack on a crowded road comes amid fierce clashes across Taiz and Hodeidah and rapid civilian displacement.
![Forces loyal to Yemen's Saudi-backed government ride in pick-up trucks along a road in the Hays district, south of Hodeidah, on September 5, 2026 [Khaled Ziad/AFP]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AFP__20260905__C7EW4UG__v1__HighRes__YemenIranUsIsraelWarHouthis-1788609687.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
The attack on a crowded road comes amid fierce clashes across Taiz and Hodeidah and rapid civilian displacement.
![Forces loyal to Yemen's Saudi-backed government ride in pick-up trucks along a road in the Hays district, south of Hodeidah, on September 5, 2026 [Khaled Ziad/AFP]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AFP__20260905__C7EW4UG__v1__HighRes__YemenIranUsIsraelWarHouthis-1788609687.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)

![QatarEnergy's liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facilities in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar [File: Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-03-02T145258Z_549060419_RC2DWJAYPJFW_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-QATARENERGY-LNG-1788598761.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Displaced women from South Kordofan sit on the ground in El Obeid, North Kordofan State, Sudan [File: El Tayeb Siddig/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-01-27T135611Z_8139452_RC2P9JAFUR4S_RTRMADP_3_SUDAN-POLITICS-SOUTH-KORDOFAN-1788589280.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)






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