Yemen’s Taiz under siege again as food and fuel prices rise
- Taiz, Yemen – Taiz is under siege, but 37-year-old Iskandar Abdullah already knows what it’s like to live under one.
- The city, a major population centre in Yemen’s southwest, endured a devastating Houthi siege between 2015 and 2016, as the Iranian-backed group attempted to capture the city from local pro-government forces.
- The Houthis continued to maintain a partial siege in the following years through their control over other access points into the city.
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- Taiz, Yemen – Taiz is under siege, but 37-year-old Iskandar Abdullah already knows what it’s like to live under one.
- The city, a major population centre in Yemen’s southwest, endured a devastating Houthi siege between 2015 and 2016, as the Iranian-backed group attempted to capture the city from local pro-government forces.
- The Houthis continued to maintain a partial siege in the following years through their control over other access points into the city.
Sources: Al Jazeera