# Families shelter as Houthis tighten siege around Yemen’s Taiz

https://mins.news/en/item/103243

- Reuters, 2026-10-16 14:35 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/yemens-besieged-taiz-families-take-shelter-houthis-close-2026-10-16/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ad2361a81b9480001ba57db

> Ali Hassan and his family took cover beneath a school stairwell in Taiz as Iran-allied Houthi forces moved closer and tightened their siege of Yemen’s third-largest city.

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