Over 2,000 trucks carrying food stuck on Yemeni roads due to Saudi oil blockade

Over 2,000 trucks carrying food stuck on Yemeni roads due to Saudi oil blockade

The Ministry of Transport stated that Yemen is currently suffering from the suspension of road transport, due to the continued blockade of oil derivatives imposed by Saudi-led coalition forces.

The Ministry indicated that more than 2,000 truck locomotives loaded with foodstuffs are stuck in Al-Salif in Hodeidah governorate due to the lack of fuel, which is causing a humanitarian disaster.

The Ministry warned of the dire consequences of seizing oil derivatives and preventing fuel to arrive in Yemen.

As UN reports continue to warn of the worsening humanitarian and economic situation in Yemen because of the military war and economic blockades imposed on Yemen over the past six years, the UN nevertheless continues to ignore Saudi acts of piracy and the detention of food, medicine and fuel supplies by Saudi-led navy forces off the Red Sea port of Jizan.

The Saudis are preventing the entry of the vessels into the port of Hodeidah, despite the fact that the UN body itself has supervised the granting of permits to ships carrying supplies to the Yemeni people.