Taiz deputy governor rejects Houthi claims, accuses militia of siege and water blockade
Taiz’s deputy governor says Houthi allegations are false and accuses the militia of besieging the city and cutting off its water supply.
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AITaiz Deputy Governor Abdulqawi Al-Mikhlafi said that all claims made by the Houthi group are false, and that it is the militia that is besieging the city and preventing water from reaching Taiz.
Speaking in an interview with Al Ekhbariya TV, he added that Taiz has been under a suffocating siege for more than a decade. As one of Yemen’s most populous provinces, it has also received large numbers of displaced people.
Al-Mikhlafi noted that the militias control all the city’s essential needs and its economic lifeline. He added that the people of Taiz are looking forward to completing the liberation of the city and restoring the state and its institutions under the leadership of the political authorities.
On Thursday, Taiz witnessed a massive public rally in support of the battle for liberation and the restoration of state institutions, as well as backing the Presidential Leadership Council’s decisions aimed at protecting Yemen’s sovereignty and ending the Houthi coup.
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