Severe fuel crisis hits Tihama coast amid reports of impending price hike

HODEIDA, May 10 (YPA) – The areas under the control of Saudi-backed forces on the Tihama coast, northern Yemen, are experiencing a severe fuel shortage, which has exacerbated the suffering of citizens amid indications of a move to impose a new “price hike”.

Local sources in the city of Al-Khokha confirmed on Sunday that hundreds of cars and motorcycles have been lined up in long and exhausting queues in front of fuel stations for the past two days, in a pattern described by observers as “recurring” before every official price increase by the oil company affiliated with the Saudi-backed government.

This deterioration comes as an extension of similar crises witnessed in Aden and the southern and eastern governorates, which ended with large price increases without real solutions.

The sources pointed to the unfair price differences; locally produced gasoline is sold in Marib for 8,000 riyals, while in Taiz it reaches 32,000 riyals, which burdens the people of Tihama who are facing harsh living conditions amid complete disregard for their daily suffering.

YPA