Taiz merchants close their shops

TAIZ, Oct. 19 (YPA) – Merchants of Taiz city, southwest Yemen, on Wednesday closed the doors of their stores in protest against the arbitrary measures taken against them by armed gangs affiliated with the authorities of the government loyal to Saudi-led coalition.

Local sources said that the merchants carried out comprehensive strike in the areas under the control of the pro-coalition militias on Tahrir Street in the center of Taiz, following the repeated assaults on them by the militias.

The merchants demanded that the de-facto authorities in the areas under the control of the coalition protect them from the armed groups loyal to the coalition, which engage in many robberies and extortion of the property of the merchants.

YPA