Cookies and weapons: Women in Yemen’s Taiz find ways to help the city’s defence
Amid growing threats, a grassroots aid effort has transformed into an initiative to get more ammunition to the front.
Al Jazeera English reports: Amid growing threats, a grassroots aid effort has transformed into an initiative to get more ammunition to the front.
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