Stifling oil derivatives crisis hit Aden

ADEN, Aug. 31 (YPA) – The city of Aden, which is under the control of the Saudi-led coalition in southern Yemen, witnessed on Thursday a suffocating crisis in oil derivatives.

This comes one day after the visit of the president of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), Aidarous Al-Zubaidi, to the Aden refinery.

According to eyewitnesses, citizens’ cars stood in long lines in front of fuel stations to obtain petroleum, indicating that the price of a 20-liter gallon of gasoline exceeded 22,000 riyals, while the price of 20 liters of diesel reached 30,000 riyals.

Most gas stations have closed their doors to citizens amid accusations that the pro-coalition government, headed by Moein Abdulmalik, has been fabricating the sudden crisis since yesterday, Wednesday.

Observers see the crisis being fabricated by the crisis lobby in Moein’s government following Al-Zubaidi’s movements aimed at restarting the Aden refinery and restoring its role in providing oil derivatives to Aden and the rest of the provinces.