Claims extracted
15
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
7%
1 of 15 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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not political
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Publisher signals
66/100
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'We have nothing': Displaced mothers in Yemen's Taiz collect plastic to survive
TAIZ, Yemen, Nov 6 - Two single mothers who fled their village three weeks ago are struggling to keep their children fed and warm in the besieged Yemeni city of Taiz, where they live in a damaged building and sell plastic bottles to get by.
Taiz hosts about half of the 300,000 people displaced across Yemen by the latest fighting, according to the UN.
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Taiz → have → UN
The city has been largely isolated since October 3, following an escalation in clashes between the Saudi-backed government and the Iran-aligned Houthis.
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city → isolate → government
The fighting has prevented humanitarian supplies from entering and civilians from leaving.
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fighting → prevent → supplies
Fatima Abdullah Qassem said the families fled on foot in the middle of the night when fighting reached their village of al-Sayahi in the al-Dhabab area west of Taiz.
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fighting → say → Taiz
The family spent two days sleeping on the street because the damaged building they are currently living in was so dirty, she said.
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she → spend → street
"The building is open, see, it's open with tarpaulins set up.
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it → see → tarpaulins
We put up tarpaulins, and it's freezing.
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it → put → tarpaulins
We have no blankets, we have nothing, I swear to God," she says, gesturing to their makeshift living space.
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she → have → space
Qassem, a mother of eight who is separated from her husband, lost one of her sons in a landmine explosion in 2017.
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who → separate → 2017
She and another mother, Intizar Ahmed Saeed, used to sell vegetables but have now turned to collecting and selling plastic bottles to support their children.
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She → use → children
Saeed, a widow and mother of seven, said the money she can scratch from this is not enough to even feed her children.
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she → say → children
I tell you, I work for 1,500 (rials, or $0.96) and it is not enough.
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it → tell → 1,500
I go begging for potatoes, tomatoes, pepper...
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I → go → potatoes
I have girls, all of them inside, where do I take them?
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I → have → them
The man of the house (referring to her son) is 15 years old, and these days there's no work," Saeed said.
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Saeed → refer → son
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