Houthi militias retreated from the southern city of Taez, the Yemeni Popular Resistance said on Saturday, following clashes with the Iran-backed militiamen.

Resistance fighters took over the municipality building and the residence of deposed leader Ali Abdulla Saleh following the retreat of militias loyal to the former president and Houthis, Al Arabiya reported.

The Iran-allied militias also retreated from the southern governorates of Aden, Shabwah, Abyan, Lahejj, and Dalea , all of which now under the control of Yemeni armed forces and resistance fighters.