Yemeni government urges UN to act against Houthis in Taiz

The Yemeni government has called on the UN Security Council to take “urgent” measures to lift the Houthis’ siege on the city of Taiz. Foreign Minister Afrah Abdulaziz al-Zouba warned the United Nations in a letter that the recent escalation in fighting between the Houthis and Yemeni government forces threatens more than four million people. “The suffocating siege imposed by the Houthi terrorist militias on the city of Taiz … threatens a large-scale humanitarian catastrophe,” he said. The situation in Taiz “necessitates urgent international action, beyond expressing concern, to take practical and concrete measures to end the siege”, al-Zouba said in a statement.