Saudi Arabia enjoys the suffering of residents in Aden
ADEN, June 07 (YPA) – Residents in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden are facing an unprecedented collapse in electricity services, exacerbating severe summer hardship and turning the city into what locals describe as “unbearable ovens” amid record-high temperatures.
The electricity crisis, which has coincided with a near-total paralysis of commercial activity and shops, is increasingly seen as a direct threat to the lives of children, the elderly, and patients.
Residents and activists warn that the situation amounts to a form of “slow death” amid deteriorating living conditions.
The deterioration comes amid the failure of the Saudi-backed government to secure fuel supplies for power generation plants, as well as its continued disregard for citizens’ demands and its inability to deliver fuel shipments or ensure the transport of crude oil tankers from Shabwa and Hadramawt to the Petromasila power station in Aden.
Public anger has been rising, with growing calls demanding an end to Saudi military presence and holding Riyadh fully responsible for a decade of unmet promises since 2016.
Political, rights, and civil society groups in Aden and other Saudi-controlled areas have also accused the Saudi “special committee” of managing the crisis as a tool of collective punishment and systematic deprivation.
In a reflection of public frustration, activist Nasser Al-Eisai wrote on the social media platform X: “What sin have the citizens committed for pavements and streets to become their bedrooms?”, noting that homes have become uninhabitable due to extreme heat.
He said the crisis is not merely a technical issue, but one of management, responsibility, and conscience, calling for urgent action to end what he described as a “shame” attributed to officials who remain silent over citizens’ suffering.
These developments come amid warnings of a potential large-scale eruption of public anger that could spread beyond Aden toward Mahra province, as living conditions and security continue to deteriorate with no clear political or service solutions in sight.
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