Yemen's terrifying road to Taez on brink of collapse
Lorries filled to the brim with goods labour up and down the dangerously winding and precipitous road of Hayjat al-Abed, the mountainous lifeline to Yemen's third largest city. Unlike all other routes linking southwest Taez to the rest of the war-torn country, the road -- with its dizzying drop-offs into the valley below -- is the only one that has not fallen into the hands of the Huthi rebels. Some 500,000 inhabitants of the city, which is besieged by the Iran-backed Huthis, depend on the seven-kilometre... Читать дальше...