Houthi Siege of Taiz Suspends Schools and Cuts Water, Governor Says

Houthi forces tightening their siege of Taiz have suspended schools and cut water, food and medical supplies for the city's 800,000 residents, officials said.

• Education officials in Taiz said about two months of the school semester have passed with government and private schools closed as shelling continued.
• Governor Nabil Shamsan said water deliveries had fallen to 1,000 cubic metres daily against an estimated need of 35,000, with 120 health centres suspended.
• Shamsan said 64 people were killed and 173 injured from August to 20 October 2026, and that more than 6,400 families had been displaced into the city.
• Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi denied any siege, saying food, medicine and humanitarian aid could enter the city.