Hadhramout Tribes Threaten to Expel STC from Governorate

Hadhramout tribes threatened, Saturday, to expel the so-called “Transitional Council” militia from the oil plateau in the governorate.

In a statement, the Hadhramaut tribes reference confirmed its refusal to bring in any military forces from outside the governorate, in a clear reference to the reinforcements of the STC militia.

The statement stressed that the tribes will not allow the militarization of the valley and desert districts, and the detonation of a new series of fighting, in a hint to counter the efforts of the Emirati factions that are preparing for a battle with the Islah party to control the governorate. The STC had threatened to expel the Hadrami tribes, after they continued to refuse the deployment of forces in the oil province.

Recently, Hadhramaut Governor Luqman Baras confirmed that the countries of aggression are racing to plunder the governorate’s wealth, and turn Hadhramaut into an arena of conflict and regional and international control.

“The capabilities and wealth of Hadramawt have been plundered by Saudi-backed government  for years, and now it has become more acute” He said.

He pointed out that the looting of crude oil comes at a time when the cities of the valley and the coast are living in darkness due to the running out of electricity fuel. He pointed out that the Saudi-backed government, fought the Hadrami citizen and became living under crises of US-Saudi aggression, whether related to the crisis of the high cost of living or crises of fuel ship.

Baras called on the free people of Hadhramaut to resist the occupation and refused the entry of any Saudi, Emirati, American and British colonial forces into their lands. He stated that the ambitions of the countries of invasion and occupation in Hadhramaut have been exposed for decades, and just as their conspiracy plans fell in Hadramawt before the aggression, they will now fall.

Governor Luqman Baras also denounced the policy of repression and abuse practiced by the authorities loyal to the Emirati occupation in Mukalla and Shihr against citizens.

On May. 31, The Ministry of Oil and Minerals revealed the arrival of the giant oil tanker (APOLYTARES ) to the port of Al- Shihr in Hadhramaut governorate in the southeast of the country, coming from China for the second time in two months, with the aim of looting Yemeni crude oil.

A source at the Ministry of Oil told ِAlmasirah that the amount to be looted from the port of Al-Shihr is more than 2 million barrels of crude oil, and cost of the oil looted is estimated at more than 270 million dollars, according to the Brent Crude Exchange.

He pointed out that the looted quantity of Yemeni oil is sufficient to cover the salaries of employees in all parts of the republic for more than two months.

The giant oil tanker APOLYTARES, last April, according to the sources, was expected to carry 2.4 million barrels of looted Yemeni crude oil.

The sources indicated that the cost of the looted oil that the tanker will carry is estimated at more than $165 million.

The oil looted from Bir Ali and Dhaba ports during April and August reached more than $429 million.

On August 15, a source at the Ministry of Oil revealed that the giant oil tanker SARASOTAA has arrived at Bir Ali Port in the Radhum district of Shabwa governorate, coming from South Korea, to steal more than 100,000 tons of Yemeni crude oil.

The source explained that the oil tanker docked with the help of the tugboat (Water Blue), coming from the Emirati port of Fujairah, which has been on the port’s shore since the beginning of the year.

He stressed that the supertanker is preparing to loot approximately 106,000 tons of crude oil and is expected to carry 950,000 barrels of crude oil.

The source indicated that the oil expected to be looted on this tanker is equivalent to $69 million.

He noted that the ports of the occupation areas, such as the port of Al-Dhaba and the port of Bir Ali, are an outlet for the looting of Yemeni crude oil, stressing that only the powerful persons from the tools of the invasion and occupation know the fate of crude oil sales.

Bir Ali Oil Port received on April 12 the giant oil tanker SAGA coming from the Emirati port of Fujairah on the mission of transporting more than 115 thousand tons (approximately one million barrels) of crude oil to be sold for the benefit of the forces of aggression, in continuous looting of Yemen’s wealth.

The organized looting of Yemeni oil comes while Yemenis are suffering from multiple crises as a result of the aggression and the siege, one of which is the interruption of salaries. This looted wealth is enough to cover the salaries of all state employees and more, as confirmed by the recent statistics of the Ministry of Oil.