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Why is Yemen's conflict so underreported?

Mera Aladam · Middle East Eye
Published 30 Oct 2026, 6:35 pm·1 h ago·1 min read
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Why is Yemen's conflict so underreported? Since early October, Houthi forces have encircled Taiz, Yemen’s third-largest city. Nearly a million people are cut off from food aid. Yemeni analyst and human rights activist Baraa Shiban recently returned from the city. He warns against framing the war as a choice between the Houthis, who back the Palestinian cause, and their opponents, calling it a "mistake when you try to explain the internal dynamics of the conflict". That framing, he says, overlooks the people inside Yemen’s besieged cities, who "pay the most expensive price". Yemeni analyst and…

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