UN decries ‘medieval’ Houthi siege of Taiz as 1m Yemenis run out of food and medicine

NEW YORK CITY: The UN on Tuesday likened the encirclement of the Yemeni city of Taiz by the Houthis to a “medieval siege,” and told Arab News it could not “shoot (its) way through” a blockade that is cutting off about 1 million people from food, water and medicine. “We’re in the 21st century and we’re seeing medieval sieges of…