{
  "id": 15886115,
  "title": "Water rationing, rubbish pile-up raise disease fears in Yemen's besieged Taiz",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/water-rationing-rubbish-pile-up-raise-disease-fears-in-yemens",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T11:46:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/water-rationing-rubbish-pile-raise-disease-fears-yemens-besieged-taiz"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA/TAIZ, Yemen Oct 21 (Reuters) - Families have started rationing water in and around Yemen's Taiz city, where renewed fighting has disrupted fuel supplies and access to water systems serving 3 million people, aid groups and UN agencies said. Meanwhile, mounting piles of rubbish along major roads are raising fears of disease outbreaks in the city, Yemen's third-largest.",
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    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Times of Israel",
        "title": "Houthis strike besieged city in Yemen that UN warns is at ‘grave risk’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/houthis-strike-besieged-city-in-yemen-that-un-warns-is-at-grave-risk",
        "published": "2026-10-21T03:01:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Water rationing, garbage pile-up raise disease fears in Yemen's besieged Taiz",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/water-rationing-garbage-pile-up-raise-disease-fears-in-yemens",
        "published": "2026-10-21T13:26:51.000Z"
      }
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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."
}