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Story summary
- Houthi rebels captured al-Turbah near Taiz on Oct 4, cutting the last road and forcing residents to flee.
- The siege caused severe food, fuel and medical shortages, endangering children, patients and the elderly.
- Fuel prices jumped from 30,000 to 90,000 Yemeni riyals per 20-litre container on the black market.
- Yemen’s Ministry of Public Health warned medicines, IV fluids and hospital fuel are near depletion, risking catastrophe.