{
  "id": 12917413,
  "title": "In Yemen's besieged Taiz, locals despair at lack of food, water and gas",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/in-yemens-besieged-taiz-locals-despair-at-lack-of-food-water-and-gas",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T17:30:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/yemens-besieged-taiz-locals-despair-lack-food-water-and-gas"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}