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00:00:00They lost everything in front of Yes. the steadfastness of the men on
00:00:03the outskirts of Marib and Al-Dhalea. History, record that
00:00:07the heroes of legitimacy stood firm and fought bravely, breaking the arrogance
00:00:12danger due to this of the Houthis and their repeated attempts. They run every time
00:00:16with their madness and hatred to meet the same
00:00:19fate, and they do
00:00:21not learn.
00:00:32They broke the arrogance of the Houthis and their repeated
00:00:36attempts. They run every time with their madness
00:00:39and hatred to meet the same
00:00:42fate, and they do not learn.
00:00:44of the recognized regime, Bashar,
00:00:45of families to
00:00:57Amidst the continued siege and escalating
00:01:00military and security challenges,
00:01:03questions are renewed about the responsibility of the Houthi militia for
00:01:06the suffering of civilians
00:01:09and will not rely on and government measures to confront it, and the role
00:01:11of the international community in protecting the population and ensuring access
00:01:15to basic supplies.
00:01:18in this there should be a stock in and support it? Perhaps We open this file in our coverage tonight after watching this
00:01:20report.
00:01:28local oversight over
00:01:34Today we launch an urgent But in national and humanitarian
00:01:37appeal to break this suffocating
00:01:40siege and deter the aggression launched by
00:01:43the Houthi militias on
00:01:46needs urgent action at the million the governorate. Taiz has paid heavy prices in
00:01:49the blood of its children
00:01:52organizations operating in and their suffering due to shelling, sniping,
00:01:54mines, displacement,
00:01:57are absent in this and siege. And today, this tragedy
00:02:00is exacerbating to affect food, medicine,
00:02:03and fuel, which
00:02:06and translate this threatens the lives, security, and livelihood of more than six
00:02:08million citizens. Again, Taiz finds
00:02:12itself facing a siege
00:02:15It is clear that they do not that goes beyond closing roads to threatening the daily details of life for millions
00:02:18of citizens. Since early October 2026,
00:02:23to ensure that victims the Houthi military escalation and the closure of supply routes to the city
00:02:26have returned it to a cycle of isolation, imprisonment, and hostage-taking, leading to a lack of fuel,
00:02:30and eastern directions. Yes, this food, medicine, and basic to open supply lines from goods, and extremely dangerous
00:02:33health and humanitarian repercussions. This time, the crisis
00:02:37is not limited to the city of Taiz, but extends to
00:02:40the rural areas of the governorate and its coastal areas, which have been cut off
00:02:44by the Houthi terrorist militia.
00:02:46But if this In the midst of a comprehensive Houthi invasion of the governorate,
00:02:49all roads and routes have been cut, and citizens are once again
00:02:53paying the price of the invasion with their food,
00:02:56medicine, and their right to life. In Taiz, a closed
00:02:59road does not merely mean an additional
00:03:03distance; it means a patient dying due to delay in reaching
00:03:07supplies, and fuel in the hospital, a worker losing his livelihood,
00:03:09and a family unable to secure its basic
00:03:12needs of food, water, medicine, and domestic
00:03:15cooking gas, and students who
00:03:18cannot reach their schools and universities, in light
00:03:21of almost non-existent salaries,
00:03:25number of civilian and what is available is not enough for a decent life. With the disruption of supply arrivals,
00:03:29prices ignite, and basic necessities for life
00:03:31like food, medicine, water, and essential
00:03:35fuel become scarce or non-existent.
00:03:38Fuel is not just a commodity in a city ravaged by war; it is
00:03:42a means of transport and a source of livelihood for thousands of workers,
00:03:46and they go to legitimate areas. and a necessity for operating health and service facilities and for cooking
00:03:49food for millions of families. The most urgent
00:03:52danger, however, appears within hospitals. The Ministry of Health
00:03:55has warned of the imminent depletion of medicines
00:03:58and solutions. In a city ravaged by war,
00:04:03commit many it is a means of transport and a source of livelihood for thousands
00:04:05of workers, and a necessity for operating health and service facilities
00:04:09and for cooking food
00:04:12the same time? How do you read this for millions of families. The most urgent danger, however, appears within hospitals. The
00:04:16Ministry of Health has warned of the imminent depletion of medicines, solutions,
00:04:20and fuel in health facilities, in health
00:04:22facilities.
00:04:35Dear viewers, to learn about the latest developments
00:04:39and the repercussions of the siege on the lives of citizens in Taiz, I am pleased to
00:04:43welcome here in the studio Mr. Arafat Hamran, Head of Rased Organization
00:04:46for Rights and Freedoms. Welcome. Welcome to our viewers.
00:04:50and the oppressors. First, Mr. Arafat, with the warning from the Governor of Taiz
00:04:53about a siege he described as the harshest since
00:04:562015, how do you assess the seriousness of the current humanitarian situation
00:05:00from a human rights perspective? Frankly, the humanitarian
00:05:05Urgent intervention. There situation in the legitimate areas in general has been bad for years, and in Taiz
00:05:09as well, there was a siege, even if it was a siege, there was
00:05:13one single crossing or a small lifeline, and it was
00:05:16difficult to travel or bring in
00:05:19some materials, but today, since October 14,
00:05:22until now, Taiz has been closed
00:05:25from all sides, unfortunately. You mean September
00:05:2814. October 14. Oh,
00:05:31October 4. Yes. It has become completely
00:05:35besieged from entry or exit, especially regarding
00:05:39food and medical
00:05:41supplies and so on, even the movement
00:05:44of residents. In addition to that, this community, the community
00:05:48of Taiz, has been suffering for a long time, and its suffering increased
00:05:52when many areas were forcibly
00:05:55displaced, and Taiz was the first to embrace
00:05:58the displaced, reaching almost 140,000 in
00:06:02Taiz alone. These people are also on the front lines,
00:06:05not far away. This is a cost, in addition
00:06:08to the cost of Houthi attacks
00:06:13on civilians with missiles. This is also a crime.
00:06:16The humanitarian situation is bad.
00:06:20Yesterday, some basic goods went from 20,000 to 57,000 to
00:06:248,000. Yes, these are the first days, even though
00:06:29the governorate for about two months in normal circumstances,
00:06:32and as the governor also said, there is a stock. So either
00:06:36the stock is not available, or there is no
00:06:41merchants. They exploit the crisis.
00:06:45general, in general, if this siege is not lifted,
00:06:48because this siege is considered a war crime
00:06:52and collective punishment,
00:06:55meaning almost 2.5 residents who
00:06:59are currently besieged. UN
00:07:04Yemen, whose role we will also discuss,
00:07:09area, and this increases the suffering. The
00:07:14Houthis, at the beginning of their war on Taiz, made it clear
00:07:18that they did not want to enter the city. They were encircling the city from
00:07:22all directions, cutting off supplies, and also
00:07:24imposing a complete siege.
00:07:27want to enter the city until these residents are starved
00:07:31and Taiz surrenders, despite the fact that there
00:07:34are
00:07:39the southern
00:07:43latest escalation by the Houthi militia on
00:07:46all fronts in Taiz has probably created
00:07:50an exacerbating humanitarian crisis, as you mentioned,
00:07:53since about a week ago. But
00:07:57it is on all levels, perhaps on the level of food, and
00:08:01on the level of medicine, and on all levels. How does international
00:08:04humanitarian law view such
00:08:07a crisis?
00:08:10Of course, we are signatories to the United Nations
00:08:13and international organizations, almost 56 agreements since
00:08:17World War II. The League of Nations, the international community
00:08:20generally agreed to establish the League of Nations before the United Nations.
00:08:24The mission of this United Nations, its mission
00:08:28is only one thing: that the conflict remains confined
00:08:32between armed groups, and that civilians remain protected under
00:08:35these international laws and covenants, and that they cannot
00:08:38be targeted, nor can civilian objects be targeted, and that they have freedom
00:08:42of movement, freedom of healthcare, and freedom of
00:08:46education, and that the United Nations and its organizations
00:08:49come to be a third party,
00:08:53not supporting this side or that, and work to bring in aid,
00:08:56to protect civilians, and to provide all
00:09:00the special needs of civilians, to monitor
00:09:03the situation, to say who is the party committing these violations. But
00:09:06unfortunately, since 2014 until now, there has been a soft
00:09:10approach towards this Houthi militia. This encouraged the Houthi militia to
00:09:15crimes, and even encouraged them to kidnap UN
00:09:19employees themselves, and also to storm six
00:09:22UN organizations in Sana'a and loot their money and communication
00:09:26equipment that
00:09:29costs a lot, and also
00:09:32to use them for such wars. Yes, Mr.
00:09:35Arafat, we will now look at
00:09:38the suffering of civilians in Taiz
00:09:41on the ground and with us now by phone, our correspondent
00:09:44Hamza Amin. Welcome, Hamza.
00:09:48Welcome, Raafat, and to your esteemed guest and to the honorable viewers
00:09:52and followers, both inside and outside. Yes, Hamza, first,
00:09:55after the warning from the Governor of Taiz, Nabil Shamsan, about a siege
00:09:59he described as the harshest since 2015, and the launch
00:10:03of an urgent appeal, how is the humanitarian situation today in
00:10:06Taiz?
00:10:09Yes, Raafat, the humanitarian situation
00:10:13is worsening and deteriorating
00:10:15day by day, not just day by day, but
00:10:19moment by moment. Taiz Nabil Shamsan from
00:10:22a siege he described as the harshest since
00:10:252015, and the launch of a distress call. How is
00:10:28the humanitarian situation today in
00:10:30Taiz?
00:10:33Yes, Raafat, the humanitarian
00:10:35situation is worsening
00:10:38and deteriorating day by day,
00:10:41not just day by day, but moment by moment. The imposed
00:10:45siege will result in difficulties in
00:10:48accessing food, medicine, and fuel, and securing
00:10:51basic needs for the residents. Taiz
00:10:54today faces a crisis that goes beyond the hardship
00:10:57of movement between the city and its surroundings,
00:11:01because its effects extend to the daily lives of citizens
00:11:05and to the ability of hospitals to provide medicines and medical supplies, and the ability
00:11:10obtain food and for patients to reach health facilities at the right
00:11:13time. All these conditions
00:11:16and their continuation increase the risks for all
00:11:20segments of society in Taiz governorate. Therefore,
00:11:23the issue today requires urgent humanitarian
00:11:27action that matches the size of the needs
00:11:30and ensures the arrival of supplies and the opening of roads for civilians
00:11:34and stopping the violations of these
00:11:37coup militias that have turned this
00:11:40city into a stage
00:11:43from which they export slow death to
00:11:46all residents in this
00:11:49governorate. You and we all witnessed today
00:11:53the appeal launched by the local authorities in Taiz
00:11:56governorate, which was launched by Mr. Nabil
00:11:59Shamsan, and it carries a clear message
00:12:02that the humanitarian situation has exceeded the capacity
00:12:06for ordinary solutions, and that the governorate today
00:12:11national and international levels. Today,
00:12:15Taiz governorate is living a real danger
00:12:18and is experiencing a real catastrophe
00:12:21that requires all the international community
00:12:25and humanitarian organizations and the United Nations to act
00:12:31appeal into practical action and a rapid
00:12:34and immediate response to it, given
00:12:37that the risks are escalating and the situation
00:12:41is becoming catastrophic moment by moment. Yes, yes, Hamza,
00:12:44considering the health situation in Taiz, what
00:12:48is the reality of hospitals in light
00:12:50of the lack of medicines, medical supplies, and the necessary fuel to operate them?
00:12:57Yes, dear, today Taiz governorate, with all its
00:13:01health facilities and all
00:13:03its hospitals, is experiencing a real crisis
00:13:06and is experiencing a real danger
00:13:10due to the lack of supplies and the lack of medicines, medical
00:13:13supplies, and also fuel,
00:13:17and all of this threatens the continuation of basic
00:13:19health services. Also, the Ministry
00:13:22of Health and Population warned
00:13:25in its statement yesterday of the imminent depletion of medicines,
00:13:28intravenous solutions, medical
00:13:32health facilities. It also indicated that these risks
00:13:35may affect emergency and surgical operations,
00:13:39especially in light of the continued
00:13:42artillery shelling by the coup militias of
00:13:46residential areas and the increasing
00:13:50casualties. This city is densely
00:13:53populated, as everyone knows and as the world
00:13:57knows, and therefore, every shell fired by the militias at
00:14:01this governorate claims
00:14:04the lives of civilians and causes dozens
00:14:07of casualties. Today, the health
00:14:10situation, the humanitarian situation, the living
00:14:14situation, all are worsening and becoming more dangerous,
00:14:17and urgent action must be taken to save this
00:14:21city. Yes, Hamza, more than 2 million
00:14:25citizens in Taiz suffer the brunt
00:14:28of these humanitarian tragedies and violations,
00:14:31as you mentioned. But in the face of this crisis, and until
00:14:35the urgent appeals made by the Governor of
00:14:39Taiz, Nabil Shamsan, are answered, what are the available alternatives to secure the needs
00:14:43of the residents?
00:14:45Taiz governorate today is helpless
00:14:49in the face of these accelerating
00:14:51conditions,
00:14:55and also due to the absence of
00:14:58UN and international organizations from everything that is happening
00:15:01in this governorate. The alternatives, in my opinion, are
00:15:05urgent intervention. There is no alternative but urgent
00:15:09intervention by UN and international organizations
00:15:13and the international community to act urgently to stop these
00:15:16violations and stop this tragedy whose scope
00:15:20is expanding today. Taiz governorate
00:15:23is living a real danger
00:15:26due to this siege and due to the continuous violations.
00:15:30is no alternative but urgent intervention by
00:15:33UN and international organizations
00:15:36and the community to act urgently to stop these
00:15:39violations and stop this tragedy whose scope
00:15:43is expanding today. Taiz governorate
00:15:46is living a real
00:15:49siege and due to the continuous humanitarian violations.
00:15:53Are these considered, from a legal and human rights
00:15:57perspective, war crimes? Of course, siege
00:16:00and collective punishment are war crimes. These affect
00:16:042 million people. Yes, if the planting of individual
00:16:07mines
00:16:11is deliberate against civilians, as is happening now,
00:16:13the Houthi militia plants mines in
00:16:17the homes of displaced people, in irrigation areas, in grazing
00:16:20areas, this is a war crime. If
00:16:24committed during and if everyone
00:16:27who collaborated with or planted these mines, or manufactured
00:16:31or transported them, is also considered a participant in this
00:16:34crime. The Houthi committed almost all
00:16:37crimes stipulated in international laws, and all
00:16:41humanitarian crimes, and all crimes. And we, frankly, have not
00:16:46UN organizations because we know that they
00:16:50were unable to protect themselves, and that they also deal
00:16:54with bias
00:16:56regard. But we also have
00:16:59local organizations that deal with us. We have the National Committee for Human
00:17:03Rights, the Ministry of Human Rights Committee, and this is the reliable
00:17:07national internal local
00:17:10mechanism that we rely on to prosecute major human rights
00:17:13violators who committed crimes against humanity or war crimes. Yes, so you,
00:17:17as human rights activists and human rights
00:17:19organizations and monitoring organizations, how do you document
00:17:23these crimes, and what is the fate of these
00:17:25documentations later? Look, we, as local community
00:17:29organizations, are non-governmental, non-
00:17:33profit, volunteering in this field because we are also a volunteer
00:17:36team. We cannot, or we do not have the power to stop
00:17:40this war or stop this siege, but we have
00:17:44some elements. First, we
00:17:47work to preserve the rights of victims, document
00:17:51these crimes, and submit them to local and international courts,
00:17:54if possible.
00:17:57We also work
00:18:00or their families receive the necessary compensation,
00:18:03and also
00:18:06we work to ensure that they receive necessary compensation, and
00:18:09we also work to prevent the escape of major
00:18:12perpetrators from punishment. We also work on an important
00:18:16aspect, which is media escalation, to present
00:18:18the world, through statements and through this documentation,
00:18:22with the true picture. There is also a distorted
00:18:26picture in front of the world. There are human rights organizations
00:18:29that deal with the Houthi militia. There are also statements
00:18:32from the United Nations
00:18:35and its organizations that are unclear
00:18:38and do not specify who the party is. For example, in a briefing
00:18:42by the UN envoy yesterday or the day before yesterday,
00:18:46he said that everyone, all
00:18:49parties, should refrain from planting mines, from recruiting
00:18:53children. And we know that this
00:18:56is a single party, it is a unilateral crime, as we call it, planting mines.
00:19:00Until now, it is one party that has been planting them since
00:19:042014, with the exception of 2015, when Al-Qaeda
00:19:07in Mukalla planted mines similar to those used by the Houthi
00:19:10militia. So, what about the siege, the starvation,
00:19:14the targeting of displaced people? Displacement
00:19:17occurs from areas that are controlled
00:19:20by the Houthi militia,
00:19:23There is no reverse displacement. These
00:19:26are all unilateral crimes. But despite that, the soft approach is what
00:19:30encourages the Houthi militia. The Houthis operate under a cover,
00:19:34I feel it, a UN cover. How do you read
00:19:38the Houthi militia's discourse condemning the siege of Gaza
00:19:41and the crimes happening in Gaza, while they are imposing
00:19:44a siege on the city of Taiz at
00:19:49contradiction between their discourse and their practice
00:19:53as well?
00:19:55The Houthi militia exploits the emotions of Yemenis.
00:19:59Yemenis consider Gaza and Palestine and the Palestinian cause a red
00:20:02line, and it is their primary cause. So, from this point
00:20:05of view, they were able to garner sympathy, but
00:20:09this was in the beginning. But look, in the beginning, there was
00:20:12a slight opposition to the Houthi movement, and also there were calculations among
00:20:16many factions that they should be allowed to settle accounts, that they would
00:20:19not cross Sana'a, they would not cross the South. These
00:20:22people, they will discipline the
00:20:25rebellious tribes
00:20:27But every day,
00:20:31the popular anger increases day by day. Today, there
00:20:35is resentment within Sana'a, within Ibb, all
00:20:39areas controlled by the Houthi militia. The discourse of Gaza
00:20:41or the discourse of supporting or raising
00:20:45prices or things that the Houthis
00:20:48clearly entered with. Today, the Houthis
00:20:51claim divinity,
00:20:54they treat Houthis as second-class citizens,
00:20:57they plunder all
00:20:59the entitlements of Yemenis, they work to
00:21:03inflate their wealth. It is clear
00:21:06to everyone that they have foreign agendas
00:21:10and are not isolated from the
00:21:13Iranian project. Therefore, now ships
00:21:17pass through Bab al-Mandab, which is allowed.
00:21:20Yes, American and Israeli also work.
00:21:24There are also
00:21:27countries that have strong relations with Israel
00:21:30and America that support the Houthi militia more
00:21:33than Iran.
00:21:35Perhaps we will discuss this in other episodes
00:21:39in detail. But how
00:21:42does this discourse, the discourse of the Houthi militia,
00:21:46which is renewed day after day in support
00:21:50of Gaza, affect it internationally?
00:21:53Perhaps it is exposed locally, but how has its discourse
00:21:56affected it internationally and
00:22:00made some parties and some countries stand with it
00:22:05it was initially an exaggeration of these missiles,
00:22:09but the countries that also encouraged
00:22:12these militias and operated a media machine for these militias
00:22:16targeted the countries that also encouraged these militias
00:22:19and operated a media machine for these militias
00:22:23targeted the countries that also encouraged these militias
00:22:26and operated a media machine for these militias
00:22:30targeted the countries that encouraged these militias and operated a media machine
00:22:33for these militias for this war
00:22:37that they fought since the beginning of September last
00:22:41month until now, and we are preparing for peace
00:22:43and dialogue and these things, and they needed
00:22:47all this time for this battle. Yes,
00:22:50so in light of the military
00:22:54confrontations and the ongoing battle, what are the most prominent
00:22:57dangers threatening civilians in Taiz
00:23:00governorate from a purely human rights
00:23:03and humanitarian perspective? If the siege continues
00:23:07without the intervention of the national
00:23:10army and the opening of safe passages,
00:23:14because I do not think that UN organizations will be able
00:23:17to do anything. We have tried
00:23:20during 12 years
00:23:24of ineffectiveness, despite the fact that
00:23:26this situation is the responsibility
00:23:30of UN organizations and the UN
00:23:33envoy.
00:23:36situation continues without any passages being opened,
00:23:39especially since there are forces advancing,
00:23:42such as the Homeland Shield and the Giants from the east
00:23:46and west, there will be a tragedy. Yes, they want to besiege
00:23:50it as some cities in Syria were besieged. They were besieged until they starved
00:23:54and ate trees and everything until they ate cats in the streets. Yes,
00:23:57but the Houthi militia was clear from the beginning of its entry into Taiz
00:24:01that it does not want to enter the city. It wants to besiege it and defeat
00:24:04it because Taiz is a city
00:24:06that is not a battle of awareness. There is strong
00:24:10opposition to this Houthi militia, and it cannot
00:24:13deal with it. Everyone is fighting this
00:24:17Houthi militia, whether it is the army, or the resistance,
00:24:20or the popular committees, even the families, even the women, all
00:24:24of them reject this Houthi militia and are willing to die.
00:24:27Therefore, confronting them militarily, the Houthi will lose
00:24:31no matter what. But the Houthi thought
00:24:33of besieging them to subdue this city to the Houthis, and I think
00:24:37this will not happen. Well, Mr. Arafat, with all this suffocating siege on
00:24:41Taiz governorate and the cutting of supply lines,
00:24:44what are the obligations of the parties controlling
00:24:48the roads and crossings?
00:24:59Movement, this is a crime against humanity.
00:25:01UN organizations
00:25:03confirm that the corridors are open,
00:25:07as we said at the beginning, for civilians and for the protection
00:25:10of civilians, and that they should not be targeted, and that they should be provided with food
00:25:14and healthcare, and that there should
00:25:18be observers of the situation, so that civilians are far
00:25:21from the armed conflict.
00:25:25Those who did not bear arms are protected under international
00:25:29humanitarian law, and this
00:25:31and these laws, unfortunately,
00:25:35we also need media escalation so that these
00:25:38organizations attend, especially since they are in Aden,
00:25:41and also
00:25:44there was great support for these organizations, almost
00:25:4732 billion dollars from
00:25:51previous grant conferences for these organizations,
00:25:54and a lot of this money was spent on travel,
00:25:57trips, and bonuses, almost 40%.
00:26:01And yet, when we need them, we often don't find them. We want the
00:26:05voice to be raised more by local organizations, by the authorities
00:26:08in Taiz, and also by
00:26:11the official authorities, by the concerned ministries, by the government
00:26:15council and the presidential council. They must summon these
00:26:18organizations. Either we do as Sudan did
00:26:21and say you are unwelcome, or
00:26:25we act. Of course, these organizations
00:26:29were present in Houthi areas and said that the humanitarian
00:26:32situation was bad and did not coordinate with the legitimate government. In Syria, they coordinated with
00:26:36Bashar and brought in all aid through Bashar
00:26:40and said that the opposition, we signed with
00:26:43the governments
00:26:47in Yemen, the opposite.