Taʿizz, city, southwestern Yemen, in the Yemen Highlands. It is one of the country's chief urban centres and a former national capital. The Ayyūbid dynasty under Tūrān Shāh, brother of Saladin, which conquered Yemen in 1173–74, made its capital first at Zabīd and then moved it to Taʿizz.
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The historic city of Ta'izz is the third largest urban center in Yemen. A fortified settlement during the Sulayhid dynasty's rule in the eleventh century, it ...
The siege of Taiz is an ongoing, protracted military confrontation between opposing Yemeni forces in the city of Taiz for control of the city and ...
In 1966 the U.S. moved its embassy from Taiz, the old capital, to San'a, the new capital of the Yemen Arab Republic. Diplomatic Relations Severed, 1967. The ...
May 14, 2019 · Taiz is the name of a city in South-West Yemen and of the country's most populous governorate, with its 4.5 million inhabitants, ...
The conflict in Yemen has split the city of Taiz in half. Main roads have been closed throughout Yemen's third-largest city since 2015 by Ansar Allah (Houthi ...
May 19, 2022 · Taiz, a city in central Yemen, is besieged by Huthi rebels and practically cut off from the rest of the country. Restored road access would save ...
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Apr 26, 2017 · Taiz is the site of the longest-running battle ground in the Yemen war, which began when Houthi forces took over the city on March 25, 2015.
This report looks at how the lens of proxy war can easily misrepresent the war in Yemen and complicate efforts to resolve the conflict.