[Yemeni government forces and Houthi armed forces exchanged fire, resulting in at least 117 deaths] September 7th, Yemeni government forces and Houthi armed forces continued to exchange fire in Taiz and Hodeidah provinces for the fourth day. According to medical sources on both sides, at least 117 people have been killed in this round of fighting. A senior medical official who accompanied the government troops on the West Coast front line said on the 6th that since the outbreak of this round of conflict on the 3rd, 54 government soldiers have died and many others have been injured. As of now, the war is still escalating with no signs of easing. According to medical sources at a hospital controlled by the Houthi armed forces in western Hodeidah province, this round of fighting has killed 63 Houthi armed personnel. The Yemeni government forces issued a statement on social media on the 6th, stating that the fighting between them and the Houthi armed forces in the southwestern and western areas of Taiz Province was intermittent, and fierce exchanges of fire broke out in some places, causing heavy losses to the other side, but the statement did not announce the number of casualties. In addition, an anonymous government military official said that the Houthi armed forces launched three ballistic missiles in the direction of Taiz in the early morning of the 6th, causing damage to the Taiz University building under construction and triggering panic among local residents. (CCTV News)