The move comes as the militia faces growing pressure at home and abroad to end its eight-year siege of Yemen’s third-largest city. Abroad, Saudi, Yemeni and Western diplomats and officials are also increasing pressure on the Houthis to lift the blockade and join efforts to end the war. “I stressed our appreciation for the US and the need to pressure the #Houthis to adhere to the #truce and end #Taiz siege,” the Yemeni minister tweeted. The Yemeni Embassy in Washington accused the Houthis of using the blockade as a pressure tactic, adding that the siege has isolated thousands of Taiz residents from the rest of Yemen. “Every day, hundreds of thousands of people in the third-largest city in Yemen — #Taiz — feel like they are boxed in a besieged city since 2015.

Source: Ethiopian News May 21, 2022 19:08 UTC