Strict security measures spark stifling crisis at Mahra port

MAHRA, Nov. 28 (YPA) – The Saudi-funded forces have doubled its security measures at the Shahn border port with the Sultanate of Oman, east of Yemen, sparking a stifling crisis.

Local sources said that the procedures at the port have reduced the entry of goods into Yemen through Mahra during the past three months and the Shahn port has become almost deserted due to the looting of the port’s revenues, which are estimated at nearly one billion riyals per month.

The escalation of the dispute between the coalition factions funded by the UAE and Saudi Arabia over the revenues of the port, which exceeds 8 billion riyals annually, led to a complete stagnation in the transport of goods through the port, in addition to violations against traders and importers.

Traders carried out a number of protests rallies against the measures imposed by the pro-coalition government early last year 2021, by raising customs duties from 200 riyals to 500 riyals per dollar, calling for a reduction in customs duties to reduce the suffering of citizens.

The coalition, which is entering its eighth year in its war in Yemen, has continued to impose its siege on the Yemeni people at all sea and land ports, including the port of Hodeida and Sanaa airport, and to prevent the entry of oil derivatives, foodstuffs and medicine, creating the worst humanitarian disaster in the world.

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