UN warns Yemen’s Taiz could run out of wheat and flour in weeks

People in Taiz crowd around a shop selling sacks of wheat. The price of food and other essentials is rising sharply, and many say they're struggling to survive. I swear we know families who cannot find their daily food. Women are crying, they cannot find anything to feed their children. Yemen's third largest city has been under siege by the Ansar al-Houthis for weeks. It's part of a widening front in a conflict that reignited last month when the Houthis pushed south. Supply routes in and out of the city have been cut off. Taiz is suffering from road closures which are preventing delivery of essential food supplies. We appeal to the entire international community to work seriously to make a breakthrough and lift the siege on the province. People say panic buying is making a bad situation even worse. They also accuse some traders of profiteering from the crisis. What we want is for inspectors from the military police and the relevant authorities to monitor prices so that citizens can feel secure. Now we're afraid. Do we fight the Houthis or the traders? The Houthis are fighting us, the traders are fighting us from the other side. With the Houthi siege on Taiz intensifying, the UN is warning the situation on the ground is deteriorating rapidly. Victoria Gatenby, Al Jazeera. Thank you.