Aid workers report worsening conditions in Taiz, where water, food, and fuel are running out due to Houthi encirclement and intensified fighting.
Heavy fighting around Taiz’s old airport has caused extensive damage in residential areas, worsening the humanitarian crisis. The city, home to over 900,000 people, is largely cut off from supply routes by Houthi forces. The conflict escalated after airstrikes on a Houthi-held airport in Sana’a in July, ending a 2022 ceasefire.
The UN has called for aid access, but donor countries have only covered 23% of the UN’s relief programme for Yemen this year. UK aid to Yemen has been reduced to £104m annually, down from £196m in 2020. Wheat flour reserves in Taiz are nearly exhausted, and hospitals lack medicines, leading to preventable deaths.
Why it matters
The lack of aid access worsens the humanitarian crisis in Taiz as supplies dwindle.
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What to watch
Watch whether the UN can secure safe passage for aid workers to Taiz.
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