Fighting between the Shi’ite Houthi group and forces loyal to Yemen's Government left about 30 people killed and scores others injured in the southwestern province of Taiz on Saturday.
The intense fighting that continued for two consecutive days for the purpose of capturing the Houthi-controlled presidential compound in Taiz, Xinhua quoted a local military official as saying on condition of anonymity.
The armed forces loyal to Yemen's internationally recognised President Abdu-Rabbu Mansour Hadi made ground advances and kicked the Houthi rebels out of the presidential compound, the source said.
He added that the Houthi gunmen also lost control of a military base near the compound.
According to local medics in different hospitals in Taiz and neighbouring provinces, the fighting left about 20 Houthi gunmen and 10 Government soldiers killed.
Media outlets close to Hadi's government said that "over the past few days, the army has managed to clear several strategic sites and locations that were under the Shi’ite Houthis' control, namely the Central Bank and Faculty of Medicine buildings in Taiz."
A spokesman of Hadi's forces in Taiz said that the battles are pressing ahead according to the plans set to liberate Taiz with all its installations and all the Yemeni territories.