News - Yemen:  The Minister of Electricity and Energy, on Tuesday, stated that the losses of the Ministry of Electricity and its affiliates as a result of the US-Saudi aggression's targeting of the sector amounted to $23 billion. During the press conference held by the ministry, the minister Ahmed Al-Alie, reviewed the damages caused to the facilities and power stations in the governorates and districts as a result of the raids of the aggression coalition, which included the transportation, distribution and control units, stores and warehouses of the Electricity Corporation.

He explained that the ministry was unable to repair many of the damages and destroyed facilities as a result of the continuation of US-Saudi aggression systematic targeting of the sector. 

“The aggressions' airstrikes led to the death of 80 employees of the Ministry of Electricity,” Al-Alie said, confirming the ministry's keenness to provide care for their families.

The Minister of Electricity denounced the continued persistence of the aggression countries in preventing the entry of spare parts for power stations and other necessary needs to repair what was destroyed.

He reviewed the difficulties and damage caused to the sector as a result of the blockade imposed by the aggression coalition countries, which hold oil derivatives ships and prevent their entry to the port of Hodeida, in an effort to double the suffering of the Yemeni people.

The coalition of aggression continues to piracy, detaining fuel ships, and preventing them from entering the port of Hodeidah, despite obtaining permits from UN, which aggravates the humanitarian catastrophe due to the suspension of many vital service sectors, especially hospitals, electricity, water, cargo trucks, as well as waste trucks.
 
Since June 2020, the aggression and its allied government have continued to prevent fuel ships from entering the port of Hodeidah, except for a few ships that entered the port with a large time difference between each ship. Most of the ships left the place where they were being held by the forces of aggression, with their full cargo, after accumulating delay fines, exceeding the price of the cargo.
 
A suffocating fuel crisis in all governorates is experienced under the authority of Sana’a. Most of the important vital sectors, especially the health sector, are threatened with suspension, while work has been disrupted in many productive and service sectors, which caused economic losses of millions of dollars.
 
The fuel stations announced that their stocks of oil had run out. Hundreds of vehicles stood in long queues in front of these stations, hoping that shipments of oil would arrive in the coming days.
 
Meanwhile, representatives of commercial power stations told subscribers in several neighborhoods of the capital, Sana'a, that these stations will have to cut off the power for hours during the day and night, as a result of the lack of diesel running these stations.