Update: Fighting cuts off food aid to 800,000 people in Yemen, World Food Programme says
Oct. 14, 2026 — This updates our Oct. 13 report on Taiz. Intensifying fighting has cut off aid to 800,000 people in Yemen, including more than 600,000 in Taiz who depend on it, the World Food Programme said, UN News reported. Wheat flour stocks there are nearly depleted. "This is the kind of situation that can rapidly spiral into a humanitarian catastrophe," said El-Khidir Daloum, the agency's Yemen director.
The wall: The parties' accounts of the road closures were not included.
Tier: Reported (based on UN News' account of the World Food Programme)
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