# Economic Impact of the Houthi Siege on Taiz

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2121253217983946995
- Source account: [@taha_saleh_taiz](https://x.com/taha_saleh_taiz)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:38
- Published: 2026-11-13
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b2uy1jxMmncU/en/economic-impact-of-the-houthi-siege-on-taiz

## Transcript

[0:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b2uy1jxMmncU/en/economic-impact-of-the-houthi-siege-on-taiz?t=3) The economic effects of the siege are very significant.

[0:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b2uy1jxMmncU/en/economic-impact-of-the-houthi-siege-on-taiz?t=6) We are always talking about the humanitarian impact and the effects that have hit the people on their daily lives, the wounded, the killings, and so on.

[0:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b2uy1jxMmncU/en/economic-impact-of-the-houthi-siege-on-taiz?t=16) But there is one aspect that I feel is overlooked, which is the economic impact of the Houthi militia's siege on Taiz.

[0:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b2uy1jxMmncU/en/economic-impact-of-the-houthi-siege-on-taiz?t=25) A lot of companies have stopped operating.

[0:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b2uy1jxMmncU/en/economic-impact-of-the-houthi-siege-on-taiz?t=28) Many startup projects have shut down. Some clinics and hospitals that were just starting out have closed.

[0:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b2uy1jxMmncU/en/economic-impact-of-the-houthi-siege-on-taiz?t=35) Why? There is a halt in patients coming in.

[0:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b2uy1jxMmncU/en/economic-impact-of-the-houthi-siege-on-taiz?t=38) There is a halt in medical supplies. There is a halt in the fuel products that hospitals run on.

[0:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b2uy1jxMmncU/en/economic-impact-of-the-houthi-siege-on-taiz?t=45) The economic, the economic effects are very, very, very significant, beyond what you can imagine.

[0:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b2uy1jxMmncU/en/economic-impact-of-the-houthi-siege-on-taiz?t=53) Many startup projects, the medium or emerging economy, or the makers or entrepreneurs, they are all affected beyond what you can imagine.

[1:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b2uy1jxMmncU/en/economic-impact-of-the-houthi-siege-on-taiz?t=63) So this aspect, I feel, is overlooked in media coverage and has not been given its due.

[1:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b2uy1jxMmncU/en/economic-impact-of-the-houthi-siege-on-taiz?t=71) So we hope to God that the governorate will be liberated as soon as possible, because the economic damage affects everyone.

[1:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b2uy1jxMmncU/en/economic-impact-of-the-houthi-siege-on-taiz?t=80) I notice the shops are empty of goods, empty of consumers.

[1:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b2uy1jxMmncU/en/economic-impact-of-the-houthi-siege-on-taiz?t=84) People are unable to buy, and there is a rise in prices.

[1:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/b2uy1jxMmncU/en/economic-impact-of-the-houthi-siege-on-taiz?t=89) So all of this burdens people more than the trash, more than the diseases, and more than the war and injuries.