Yemen: Violence against civilians in Taiz
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 cities,” Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said in response to a question from Arab News. “We saw it in Sudan, we’re seeing it
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