Intensive clashes broke out on Thursday with heavy weapons between two parties of the 35-strong armored brigade of the government forces western Taiz city southwestern Yemen.

A military source told Almasdaronline that the clashes broke out between Abu Abbas Brigades, led by Adel Abdu Fara, and the forces led by Hashid al-Awni after they attack his house in the university neighborhood western the city.

 This confrontation was the first between those two sides, but many confrontations had been broken out in recent months between Abu Abbas Brigades and the 22 Mika brigades.