Iran-backed Houthis on brink of taking Taiz in massive blow to Saudi Arabia | war latest news
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The Iran-backed Houthis have encircled Yemen’s Taiz and are on the cusp of taking the strategic city for the first time in the war in what would be a major blow to Saudi Arabia. On part two of today’s episode of Iran: the Latest, Venetia Rainey speaks to Maysaa Shuja Al-Deen, a Yemeni senior researcher from the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies, about why the Houthis are so desperate to capture Taiz as a stepping-stone to oil-rich Marib and port city Aden and how it could take just “days” to fall. With around a million people trapped inside and news of food and medicine shortages, a humanitarian disaster is looming and Iran’s proxy group is on the brink of a major victory. Do Saudi Arabia or even the UAE have the capacity to stop Yemen sliding permanently into Tehran's sphere of control? 00:00:00 - Houthi Siege of Taiz: Military Frontline Update & Humanitarian Crisis 00:01:40 - Inside Taiz: Starlink Communications, Food Shortages & Street Warfare Risks 00:04:35 - Why t
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