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“The siege on Taiz has been met with a sharp increase in the prices of goods and services, affecting lower-income Yemenis the most.”

“The siege of Taiz City continues to strain medical infrastructure, with deliveries of food and fuel severely restricted.”

“Yemen’s internationally recognised government says its forces have recaptured military positions and strategic heights east of al-Hazm, the capital of the northern governorate of al-Jawf, while fighting continues to deepen the humanitarian crisis in the…”

“During the previous Yemen conflict, which began in 2014 and largely ended with a UN-brokered truce in 2022, Ansar Allah, the formal name of the Houthi group, had already laid siege to Taiz in 2015 and 2016.”

“ADVANCE THREATENS MAIN ROUTE The Houthi push threatens strategic positions along the main road linking Aden with the besieged city of Taiz, a vital artery for southwestern Yemen.”

“In southwest Yemen, the Houthis continue to besiege the city of Taiz, blocking the entry of food, fuel and medical supplies, in what authorities warn is a mounting humanitarian crisis.”

“Hostilities between the internationally recognised Yemeni government, which is backed by Saudi Arabia, and the Houthis have been ongoing since July and escalated in September when the rebel group seized full control of Yemen’s Red Sea coast.”

“A government counteroffensive launched in early October has made limited gains along the Red Sea coast, but at the same time the Houthis have tightened their siege of Taiz, Yemen’s third-largest city, after capturing a vital road linking it to Aden.”

“The Houthis are trying to send the city of Taiz back to the stone age, the city’s governor said in a briefing designed to urge the international community to do more to lift the month-long siege.”

“Yemeni government forces in Taiz said they repelled attacks on Al-Aqroud, as they tried to break the Houthi siege of the area.”

“Food shortages in Yemen’s Taiz as Houthi siege hits supplies Yemeni government forces are encircled by the Houthis in Taiz, where blockades on road routes have worsened shortages.”

“In Yemen's Taiz, shelling worsens and prices spiral Oct 13 - With their city encircled by Houthi fighters, residents of Taiz say they face intensifying bombardment and dwindling supplies as the Iran-aligned group tightens its grip on surrounding areas.”

“Taiz, Yemen – Taiz is under siege, but 37-year-old Iskandar Abdullah already knows what it’s like to live under one.”

“Taiz, Yemen – In the besieged city of Taiz, Yousef Farhan’s family has run out of choices at mealtime.”

“The siege of Taiz — a strategic gateway to southern Yemen — isn’t only constricting water supplies.”

“In besieged Yemeni city, drinking water supplies hit crisis levels The siege of Taiz by Houthi rebels has also resulted in shortages of food and fuel, making it difficult to maintain basic services Drinking water has been scarce for over a decade in Taiz, but…”

“Taiz, Yemen – It was approaching 10:30am in the dialysis centre of the Republican Hospital in Taiz when a machine began filtering excess fluids, toxins and salts from the blood of Omar Mukhtar Hammoud.”

“Yemen’s internationally recognised government has warned of an “imminent health and humanitarian catastrophe” in the besieged city of Taiz, in the country’s southwest, as the Houthis continue their siege and “obstruct essential supplies”.”

“Houthi control over the Taiz-Aden road would lead to an effective siege of the city, Yemen's third-largest, inhabited by hundreds of thousands of civilians.”

“Yemen’s internationally recognised government and the Iran-backed Houthis are engaged in a fierce struggle for the Taiz governorate, a key strategic area in the southwest of the country.”

“Houthi control over the Taiz-Aden road would lead to an effective siege of the city, Yemen's third-largest, inhabited by hundreds of thousands of civilians and where thousands of government forces are also stationed.”

“Fatma Jaffar, a Yemen-based advocacy manager for Oxfam, said local staff described an almost total siege of Taiz.”

“Water rationing, rubbish pile-up raise disease fears in Yemen's besieged Taiz GENEVA/TAIZ, Yemen Oct 21 - Families have started rationing water in and around Yemen's Taiz city, where renewed fighting has disrupted fuel supplies and access to water systems…”

“On the ground, fighting has intensified in Taiz governorate, where the Houthis have been holding the city of Taiz under siege, and which borders the Red Sea.”

“The attack in Aden came as fighting between the Houthis, an armed group also known as Ansar Allah (Arabic for Supporters of God), and Saudi-backed forces intensified in Taiz, which is effectively under siege by the Houthis.”

“The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis has said it carried out a military operation “aimed at neutralising sources of threat”, as the armed group claimed attacks on infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.”

“Amid the military escalation, the Rasd Organization for Rights and Freedoms has warned of the dire humanitarian situation in the city of Taiz, which is under a Houthi siege.”

“Houthi fighters have launched a series of attacks on targets in Saudi Arabia and the seat of Yemen’s internationally recognised government in Aden.”

“Iran-backed Houthi rebels struck a residential area in Yemen’s third-largest city on Tuesday, killing two teenage girls and renewed attention to the dangers faced by civilians in Taiz, which has been under attack and siege during the country’s escalating…”

“The Yemeni military said the Houthis fired missiles towards the central city of Marib on Sunday, while government troops reported gains in Taiz, further south.”

“In Yemen's besieged Taiz, families take shelter as Houthis close in TAIZ, Yemen, Oct 16 - Ali Hassan and his family took shelter under a stairwell at a school in Taiz as Iran-allied Houthi forces closed in around them, tightening a siege of Yemen's…”

“Government forces say they have retaken areas in Sabr al-Mawadim and al-Sarari in Taiz governorate and have repelled a large Houthi attack west of Taiz city in southwest Yemen, a government-held city that was besieged by Houthi fighters earlier this month.”

“Escalation in Taiz In the southwestern governorate of Taiz, where the Houthis have the city of Taiz under siege, government forces and popular resistance fighters are engaged in fierce battles across multiple major axes amid a wide-scale field escalation.”

“Severing the highway would place Yemen's third-largest city under a total siege, trapping hundreds of thousands of civilians alongside thousands of entrenched government troops.”

“"But we fear that if the Houthis tighten their grip on the city of Taiz, we will find ourselves under siege again," she said.”

“The Houthis launched new forces into an offensive to take the southwestern highlands of Yemen, a move that could put the internationally recognized government’s capital in danger if successful.”

“The Iranian Foreign Ministry also called for an end to the Saudi siege on Houthi-controlled areas, an immediate return to negotiations between the group and Riyadh, and respect for Yemen’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

“Major-General Sadeq Duwaid, spokesman for the Yemeni government-affiliated National Resistance Forces controlling areas adjacent to the strait, earlier warned that the Houthi siege of Mokha was a key manoeuvre to build operational footing along the Red Sea…”

“Iran cannot tolerate this naval blockade to continue, so Iran is already making preparations to break the siege.”