Yemen’s Taiz Struggles With Hunger and Humanitarian Crisis Under Houthi Siege
Officials say more than 600,000 people cannot be reached with aid as wheat flour stocks near exhaustion and water supplies shrink.
- On Thursday, a Saudi airstrike in western Taiz killed at least 13 people, the Houthi-run health ministry reported, as local officials said a Houthi siege has pushed the Yemeni city into famine.
- The World Food Program stated it cannot reach over 600,000 people in Taiz, while Shamsan reported the city receives only a fraction of its water after Houthi forces seized outside sources.
- Since the offensive began, 271 people have been killed and 1,129 wounded, with Taiz sheltering about 124,000 displaced people since August according to the U.N. migration agency.
- Houthi leader Abdul Malik on Thursday dismissed reports of a siege as "Saudi-fabricated claims" on Houthi-run Al-Masirah, stating his forces were only cutting weapons supplies to "Saudi-backed militias."
- Human Rights Watch reported that the siege, which started in early Oct, could amount to the war crime of using starvation as a method of warfare, as Houthis control surrounding roads.
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Famine Declared in Yemeni City of Taiz Amid Houthi Siege
In Yemen, the governor of Taiz says the city of roughly 1 million people has entered into famine due to a weekslong siege by fighters with the Ansar Allah movement, known as the Houthis. Human Rights Watch said Thursday the siege could amount to the war crime of using starvation as a method of warfare. The famine declaration came as a Saudi airstrike on Taiz killed 13 people. That followed a Houthi attack on Aden’s airport that injured passenger…
Yemen's besieged Taiz in famine, governor says, as 13 killed by Saudi airstrike
Cairo, Oct 29: A Saudi airstrike in western Taiz killed at least 13 people on Thursday, the Houthi-run health ministry said, as local officials said a siege of the Yemeni city by Houthi rebels has pushed residents into famine. “The city is in famine, not on the brink of it,” Taiz Gov. Nabil Shamsan said in a briefing, adding that he was speaking a mile away from the front line. “The Houthis cannot use the siege of Taiz to justify the humanitaria…
Saudi Arabian airstrikes on the Yemeni city of Taiz have killed at least 13 people. The city, under siege by Houthi rebels, has faced a severe humanitarian crisis, with around one million people facing severe shortages of water, food and cooking gas.
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cedarnews.netHeavy fighting and bombardments are taking place in various locations across Yemen. Thirteen deaths have been reported in the besieged city of Taiz alone, primarily women and children. Local authorities accuse the Houthis, who have surrounded the city, of causing a famine there. "The city is not on the brink of famine, but in a famine," states Governor Nabil Shamsan. The southwestern city is cut off from the supply of water, food, medicine, and…
Yemen's besieged Taiz is in famine, governor says, as 13 are killed by Saudi airstrike
The Houthi-run health ministry says a Saudi airstrike in western Taiz has killed at least 13 people, as local officials say a siege of the Yemeni city by Houthi rebels has pushed residents into famine.
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Yemen’s besieged Taiz is in famine, governor says, as 13 are killed by Saudi airstrike
The Houthi-run health ministry says a Saudi airstrike in western Taiz has killed at least 13 people, as local officials say a siege of the Yemeni city by Houthi rebels has pushed residents into famine.
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