Houthis urged to lift Taiz siege as Yemen warns of humanitarian catastrophe

The National ·
United Arab Emirates

The European Union has urged the Iran-backed Houthi rebels to lift their siege of Taiz, as the Yemeni government appealed to the UN for urgent action to avert a humanitarian catastrophe. Taiz, in south-western Yemen, is controlled by Yemeni government forces but has long been besieged by the Houthis and remains the main front line in the civil war. In recent weeks, fighting between the rebels and…

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