Ramadan, when Muslims break their day-long fasts with large evening meals, usually means brisk business for Yemen's shops. But in a Taez market, customers were few and far between. Shopkeepers were standing idly by, displaying vegetables, herbs and grains in straw baskets outside their stores.
Yemen’s war-weary Taez choked by siege despite truce
Overloaded trucks and cars packed with families ply narrow, bumpy mountain roads surrounding this Yemeni city long-besieged by Huthi rebels -- evidence that the terms of a truce have yet to be met. Announced just over a month ago, the truce called for warring parties to reopen the main roads...
