(Beirut) – A long-running humanitarian crisis in Taizz, Yemen’s third-largest city, has drastically worsened since October 2026, when the Houthi armed group forces fully encircled the city and blocked and attacked the remaining major supply route, Human Rights Watch said today. Since then, there have been severe shortages of fuel, food, water, medicine, cooking gas, and access by humanitarian agencies.

Houthi forces have surrounded Taizz since 2015, early in the conflict with the Yemeni government. While government-backed forces control the city center, Houthi forces have blocked access to all major roads connecting Taizz to the rest of the country, with the road connecting Taizz with Aden the most important.…