# UN warns 1.6 million children in Yemen’s Taiz face water crisis

https://mins.news/en/item/107919

- TRT World, 2026-10-20 13:05 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.trtworld.com/article/c0cebcae2d30

> The UN warns that 1.6 million children in Taiz, Yemen, face a water crisis amid ongoing fighting. UN agencies say 168,000 children in the area have been screened for malnutrition this year.

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