ISIS and Al-Qaeda reportedly have a small presence inside the provincial capital; however, they can only be seen fighting against the Yemeni Army's Republican Guard and their popular committees (including the Houthis).
The bodies of dead Houthi and Yemeni Army soldiers have been videotaped by the terrorist group being dragged in the streets of Ta'iz; this has been the extent of their propaganda in the provincial capital.
Comment: It's not surprising that Saudi Arabia has call in some of the forces it has so lavishly funded. The Yemenis are proving a fierce foe, handing the Saudis many unexpected defeats, which is bleeding the oil-dependent Saudi treasury dry.
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