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Houthis Largely Encircle Taiz, Cutting Off Supplies After Key Town Falls
The advance has sparked food and fuel shortages for more than 1 million residents and renewed fears of a yearslong siege, residents said.
- Houthi rebels have largely encircled Taiz, Yemen’s third-largest city, after capturing the strategic town of At Turbah on October 4, cutting off the main supply route connecting the city with government-held areas.
- The blockade has intensified fears among more than one million residents, as shortages of food, fuel, cooking gas and essential goods threaten to worsen living conditions.
- Hospitals in Taiz are facing a growing humanitarian crisis, with dwindling stocks of medicines, medical supplies and fuel threatening emergency treatment, surgeries and other critical health services.
- Renewed clashes between Houthi fighters and forces loyal to Yemen’s internationally recognised government have forced families to flee their homes, while shelling and gunfire continue in surrounding areas.
- Yemeni government forces have launched counteroffensive operations to challenge the Houthi advance, but the continuing blockade raises concerns about further civilian suffering, rising prices and a worsening humanitarian emergency.
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Fear strikes Yemen’s 3rd largest city Taiz as Houthi rebels encircle it in a new siege
CAIRO (AP) — As word came of Houthi rebels closing in, Weam Abdullah and her family decided it was time to leave their home in Taiz, Yemen’s third largest city.
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Leaning Left9Leaning Right0Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution64% Left
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- 64% of the sources lean Left
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C 36%
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