Economic Impact of the Houthi Siege on Taiz

The economic effects of the siege are very significant.

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.

But there is one aspect that I feel is overlooked, which is the economic impact of the Houthi militia's siege on Taiz.

A lot of companies have stopped operating.

Many startup projects have shut down. Some clinics and hospitals that were just starting out have closed.

Why? There is a halt in patients coming in.

There is a halt in medical supplies. There is a halt in the fuel products that hospitals run on.

The economic, the economic effects are very, very, very significant, beyond what you can imagine.

Many startup projects, the medium or emerging economy, or the makers or entrepreneurs, they are all affected beyond what you can imagine.

So this aspect, I feel, is overlooked in media coverage and has not been given its due.

So we hope to God that the governorate will be liberated as soon as possible, because the economic damage affects everyone.

I notice the shops are empty of goods, empty of consumers.

People are unable to buy, and there is a rise in prices.

So all of this burdens people more than the trash, more than the diseases, and more than the war and injuries.