Houthis trying to send Taiz ‘back to the stone age’, governor says
Nabil Shamsan says no more than 1,000 cubic metres of water is allowed into Taiz daily and reports 64 killed from August to 20 October; Houthi leader says there is no siege
The Houthis are trying to send the besieged Yemeni city of Taiz back to the stone age, the city’s governor has said, reporting that no more than 1,000 cubic metres of water was being allowed to reach the city each day, food stocks were depleted, 120 health centres had been suspended, and 64 people had been killed from August to 20 October 2026.