‘Taiz will not surrender:’ Official vows resistance as Houthi siege pushes residents toward humanitarian crisis

AL-MUKALLA: More than 1.3 million residents of the Yemeni city of Taiz are at serious risk of famine, severe water shortages and a major environmental disaster as the Iran-backed Houthis tighten their siege, a provincial official has warned. Mohammed Al-Masani, director of the Taiz provincial office of the Ministry of Information, told Arab News from the besieged city that stocks…