Aden – Today, Friday, in the wake of a fatal drone strike by the Houthis on an oil terminal in the south of the country, Yemeni forces backed by an Arab military alliance led by Saudi Arabia engaged the threat.
The Yemeni government explained that its forces intercepted the Houthi marches while it was an oil tanker preparing for anchor, in a development that comes while efforts to extend the truce of the two months after the Houthis presented new conditions.
A government official said that the Houthi drones attacked the port of Al -Daba, located in the southern town of Al -Shahr, while the Nissus oil carrier was preparing to enter the port, adding that Nissus was scheduled to carry two million barrels of crude oil from the port.
While the office of Hadramout Mabkhout bin Madi, the governor of Hadramout, confirmed the attack, he emphasized that neither the port nor the carrier had been harmed.
There was no immediate reaction from the Houthi officials, but Nasr al -Din Amer, one of the members of the group, said on Twitter, “The wealth of the Yemeni people of the Yemeni people. Payroll expenses must be covered by oil earnings.
” The incident is the first major escalation since the Houthis allied with Iran and the Saudi -backed government earlier this month to extend the truce in which the United Nations mediated amid disputes over the payment of salaries of public sector employees in the Houthi -controlled areas.
The Houthi attacks have caused the Yemeni oil sector to collapse since 2015, during which time the Arab coalition engaged in an effort to restore the internationally recognized government to power.
According to the US Energy Information Administration, Yemen’s proven oil reserves amount to roughly three billion barrels.
The British Maritime Trade Operations Authority stated that the ship and crew are unharmed and that it was aware of allegations that an accident had occurred close to Al-Shahr.
Rafnitiv’s data showed that the Nissus oil tanker was moving “in the area” today, Friday, outside the Duba in the Gulf of Aden.
Hans Grendberg, the Special Envoy of the United Nations, declared that he would keep up the pressure on the two antagonistic parties, who are already under intense international pressure to seek a settlement, to reach a wider understanding.
In addition to enabling certain fuel ships to enter the port of Hodeidah and permitting commercial planes to operate out of Sanaa, both of which are run by the Houthis, the ceasefire has had a significant impact on putting an end to bloodshed throughout Yemen.
Houthi attacks on marches on an oil port are being thwarted by Yemeni forces.
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