Updated

The World Health Organization warned that hospitals in Yemen's Taiz governorate face critical shortages of fuel, oxygen and medicine, with 42 health facilities in Taiz city alone affected, raising risks of cholera amid worsening fighting. The BBC separately reported on newborn twins fighting for survival after their family fled fighting between pro-government forces and the Houthis on foot. The reports, published October 22-23, 2026, underscore how the renewed Saudi-Houthi conflict is compounding Yemen's long-running hunger and health crisis for hundreds of thousands of displaced people.