Alsahwa Net- Women activists in the city of Taiz have called for lifting the years-long Houthi siege on their central Yemeni city.

In a statement, the  Women of Taiz for Life, a key NGO in the city, said they welcome the circulating news that the government and Houthis are discussing the idea of Houthi opening of the key roads.

Theu further  called on NGOs in other parts of Yemen "to support the cause of lifting the siege by forming a public pressure behind it."

"End the siege, roads are a right, roads are life," concluded the statement.