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In Yemen's besieged Taiz, locals despair at lack of food, water and gas

In Yemen's Taiz, Um Rian has struggled to feed her children ever since the Houthis laid siege to the government-controlled city, choking a population already exhausted by more than a decade of war. The Iranian-backed group seized areas south of the city, the third largest in Yemen, in recent days, cutting it off from the internationally recognised government's temporary capital in Aden. Deprived…

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