Houthis Largely Encircle Taiz, Cutting Off Supplies After Key Town Falls
Houthi advances have cut off aid and driven up shortages, with the UN World Food Programme saying 800,000 people can no longer be reached.
- 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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On Wednesday, the World Food Programme (WFP) confirmed that the escalation of fighting in Yemen has cut back on 800,000 life-saving assistance, with changing front lines, closure of roads and increased insecurity significantly reaching the city of Ta'izz and other conflict areas.
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Yemeni forces vow to break Houthi siege of Taiz, hail Saudi support
AL-MUKALLA: Yemeni government forces in Taiz have vowed to repel intensified Houthi assaults and break the siege imposed on the city by the Iran-backed militia, while thanking Saudi Arabia for providing air support and military logistical assistance. Col. Abdul Basit Al-Baher, a Yemeni army officer in Taiz, told Arab News on Wednesday that government forces had engaged in heavy clashes with the Houthis on five fronts around the outskirts of Taiz…
Hospitals across Yemen face difficulties in dealing with the sharp increase in the number of war victims, while the intensification of fighting on several fronts interrupted access to essential humanitarian aid for about 800,000 people, humanitarian organizations reported on Wednesday (14).
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