Taiz city opened its gates to those coming from the Al-Hawban area, which is under the control of the Houthis, after years of closing it, and taking citizens to cross a road that extends for seven hours instead of 15 minutes to reach inside the city of Taiz.

Today, the Governor of Taiz, Nabil Shamsan, called on the terrorist Houthi militia to open the Farza Sanaa-Al-Hawban road, which has been closed for 9 years, and the rest of the main roads, and lift the siege on the city in order to alleviate the human suffering of the citizens.

During Governor Shamsan’s visit to the nearby Munif Aqaba, the beginning of the Farza Sanaa Al-Hawban road, along with the head of the government delegation committee for opening roads, Abdul Karim Shaiban, and the chief of staff of the axis, Major General Abdul Aziz Al-Majidi, Shamsan called on the Houthi militias to respond to the call to open this main road and to interact with these... The call to alleviate people’s suffering, facilitate the movement of citizens and smooth the flow of goods and food supplies, reduce the economic and material costs instead of traveling through bumpy roads and for long hours, and put an end to this suffering... stressing that the unjust siege of Taiz is similar to what the people of the Gaza Strip and Palestine are exposed to.

He said, "On the one hand, there are no obstacles. As you can see, we can receive those coming to the city from this road, and all the main roads are open, but they are closed by the Houthis. We cannot besiege ourselves or close the road." He pointed out that the roads are open and passable, and he directed the leaders. The military in the axis and the security services to make the necessary arrangements to receive those arriving from the Farza Sanaa-Al-Hawban road, so that families can meet, facilitate the movement of citizens, and alleviate suffering with the advent of the holy month of Ramadan.

After that, in accordance with the directives, the trucks removed the dust and trees from the closed road and paved it in preparation for receiving arrivals if the terrorist Houthi militias responded to opening the road.

A preemptive step by the Houthis

As usual, to obstruct the opening of lines, the Houthi militia this morning opened a circular road called Al-Sittin, which is a long, unpaved road, to deceive the opening of the short Al-Hawban road, which reaches the city in a few minutes.

The Houthi militia had confronted the governor of Ma'rib's opening of the Fardhat Nihm road by opening the Sarwah road, in a manipulation and escape from opening the roads to citizens' movements.