“Document” reveals number of facilities controlled by armed groups in Taiz city over decade

Yemen

Yamanat – Taiz

A directive from Taiz Governor Nabil Shamsan revealed that dozens of government and private establishments in Taiz city have been under the control of armed elements for ten years.

On Sunday, September 28, 2025, Shamsan ordered the leaders of the Taiz Military Axis and the Director General of Police of the governorate to evacuate and hand over all public and private facilities seized outside legal frameworks.

He also ordered the assignment of a number of joint security campaign teams, led by Advisor to the Axis Commander and Chairman of the Facilities Restoration Committee, Abdo Farhan “Salem”, to undertake the immediate evacuation and transfer process, and to submit an urgent report on the results.

The facilities to be delivered include:
1- Technical education and professional training workshops
2- Buildings and courtyards of the Technical Institute
3- Public Health and Population Buildings
4- Tourist Office building
5- Tuberculosis center
6- Branch of the Supreme Medicines Authority
7- Community technical college
8- Branch of the Social Insurance Fund
9- Directorate of Literacy and Adult Education
10- Office of Planning and International Cooperation
11- Yemeni Women’s Union
12- General Telecommunications Corporation branch and its facilities
13- Social protection center
14- Branch of the General Authority of Territory, Cadastre and Urban Planning
15- General Authority for Rural Electricity
16- Branch of the General Authority for Rural Water Projects
17- National Tobacco and Matches Company
18- Asifra Power Plant
19- Ground floor of the Sanitation and Improvement Fund
20- Office of Agriculture and Irrigation
21- Branch of the General Authority for Agricultural Research
22- Sheba Press Agency
23- The Local Council of the Cairo District
24- Cairo Citadel
25- Al-Saqr Sports and Cultural Club

The armed groups’ continued control over this large number of facilities confirms that these groups have controlled the city for a decade, as their continued usurpation of these institutions indicates that they have strong influence, allowing them to continue to retain them despite the passage of a decade.

Yemen