Houthi siege of Taiz pushes Yemeni city toward humanitarian collapse

Houthi forces have largely encircled the Yemeni city of Taiz, cutting off supplies as fighting intensifies and aid agencies warn of an unmanageable crisis.

• The Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms documented 109 violations in Taiz over 48 hours, including two ballistic missiles, killing eight civilians and wounding 26.
• Oxfam advocacy manager Fatma Jaffar said no fuel has entered the city for two to three weeks and hospitals are struggling without medicines.
• Taiz health director Fahd al-Nadhari said five hospitals sustained damage and the health sector lost 15 ambulances to Houthi seizure.
• The World Food Programme said wheat flour reserves in the city were nearly exhausted as of mid-October.