Yemen’s Taiz running out of food, fuel and medicine as Houthi siege deepens

AL-MUKALLA: In Yemen’s besieged city of Taiz, Raafat Al-Wafi and his family have begun rationing food and other essentials as a tightening blockade by the Iran-backed Houthis has disrupted supplies of food, fuel and clean drinking water. “We are now eating canned food, such as tuna and other products, since no meat, chicken or fish have entered the city due to the siege,” Al-Wafi told Arab News from Taiz. The Houthis have recently seized control of the remaining lifeline linking Taiz with the so