The UN Security Council will meet on Sunday night to discuss the deepening crisis in Yemen.
President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi had asked the organisation for an "urgent intervention" amid allegations that Houthi fighters were staging a coup against him.
Armed rebels have successfully seized Taiz - Yemen's third-largest city - by overtaking government buildings, a prison and the airport.
Thousands of residents soon gathered to protest against the Houthi occupation there but fighters dispersed them by firing shots into the air and beating them back with batons.
On Saturday, the US evacuated all remaining personnel out of Yemen, signalling a major setback in attempts to combat al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula - widely regarded as the terror group's most dangerous offshoot.
Although Mr Hadi's presidency is recognised by the United Nations, his position was undermined after he was placed under house arrest in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa.
Last month, he managed to escape, and relocated to the city of Aden in the nation's south, declaring it Yemen's "temporary capital".
However, the region is visibly expecting an assault, with the deputy governor warning: "There are great fears that plans are underway for Aden to meet the same fate as Sanaa."
Diplomats fear that Saudi Arabia and Iran could be drawn into the conflict.
There are also concerns that continuing instability and power struggles in Yemen could push the impoverished country back into civil war, with Mr Hadi warning that Houthi militias "not only threaten peace in Yemen but the regional and international peace and security".
On Friday, suicide bombers killed at least 142 people in attacks on two Sanaa mosques frequented by Houthis.
A previously unknown Sanaa branch of Islamic State claimed responsibility for the bombings, but the US said it was too early to confirm whether IS was involved.
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