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“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.”

“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.”

“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.”