Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
Sheikh Qassem: Our supporters make up more than half of Lebanon's population, and all of these people are united under the banner of protecting Lebanon, its Resistance, its people, and its integrity.
Sheikh Qassem: There will be no phased handing in of our arms. [The Israelis] must first enact the agreement before we start talking about a defensive strategy.
Sheikh Qassem: Be brave in the face of foreign pressures, and we will be by your side in this stance.
Sheikh Qassem: Stripping us of our arms is like stripping us of our very soul, and this will prompt us to show them our might.
Sheikh Qassem: We will not abandon our arms, for they gave us dignity; we will not abandon our arms, for they protect us against our enemy.
Sheikh Qassem: The US efforts we are seeing are aimed at sabotaging Lebanon and constitute a call for sedition.
Sheikh Qassem: If you truly want to establish sovereignty and work for Lebanon’s interests, then stop the aggression.
Sheikh Qassem: The United States, which is meddling in Lebanon, is not trustworthy but rather poses a danger to it.
Sheikh Qassem: The United States is preventing the weapons that protect the homeland.
Sheikh Qassem: The government’s latest decision [on the disarmament of the Resistance] is non-charter-based, and if the government continues down this path, it is not faithful to Lebanon’s sovereignty.

Saudi-led coalition heavily targeting Yemeni energy sector: Sanaa

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 30 Aug 2022 18:16
  • 1 Shares
4 Min Read

The electricity and energy ministry in the Sanaa government of Yemen says the damages the Yemeni infrastructure has sustained amounts to $24 billion.

  • x
  • Yemeni youth using candlelight to read due to lack of electricity
    Yemeni youth using candlelight to read due to lack of electricity

The Electricity and Energy Ministry in the Sanaa government exposed Tuesday the Saudi-led coalition of aggression for the damages it inflicted on the Yemeni energy sector and the country's infrastructure during the war it has been waging on the gulf state over the past eight years.

"278 recorded precision air strikes have affected the energy sector with all its facilities, and more than 800 airstrikes have been launched on the vicinity of energy facilities, dealing grave damages [to the sector]," the energy ministry said in a statement.

"83 employees in the electricity sector have been martyred [due to the aggression], and more than 300 others have been wounded," the statement added.

The damages inflicted due to the coalition's crimes, which have affected the energy sector in Yemen, amount to approximately $24 billion, the ministry revealed.

Check out: The looted oil and gas from Yemen

Energy Minister Mohammed Al-Bukhaiti said the country's electric infrastructure had been subjected to systemic destruction by the Saudi-led coalition, rendering the whole sector out of service.

"Electricity and energy are the backbone of life in terms of its service and industrial sectors, and the destruction of this sector constitutes a war crime," Al-Bukhaiti said. "The estimated losses of the energy sector are preliminary, and there are vast costs due to the expensive nature of energy facilities."

Related News

Trump orders national guard expansion in Washington

Musk’s xAI sues Apple, OpenAI over antitrust collusion in AI market

The director of the Public Electricity Company, Hashim Al-Shami, said his facility made several attempts to put back into service and restore the salvageable power stations, and it has made huge strides in terms of maintenance and is continuing to do so.

"The blockade and the scarce capabilities made it less possible to find alternative, swift solutions to bring back power, and we are currently using the means available to us," Al-Shami added.

The President of the Supreme Political Council in Yemen, Mahdi Al-Mashat, met Friday with the Minister of Public Works Ghaleb Mutlaq and the Director of Programs at the United Nations Office for Project Services, Khaldoun Salem.

During the meeting, the three touched on aspects related to the collapse of the road network due to the brutal US aggression and the looting of the Yemeni people's oil and gas wealth that used to contribute to the maintenance of the road network.

In addition to Washington's complicity in the aggression Riyadh has been waging against the people of Yemen, the Saudi-led coalition has been plundering the natural resources of Yemen by seizing its diesel ships despite them having permits, plunging the country deep into the darkness.

The Yemeni Petroleum Company (YPC) in Sanaa said that "the coalition of aggression is seizing a diesel ship despite obtaining entry permits from the United Nations, in a new violation of the temporary armistice."

The YCP spokesperson Essam Al-Mutawakel pointed out that "the UN envoy has not been committed, since the start of the armistice, to removing obstacles and allowing the entry of the ships agreed upon."

The truce in effect in Yemen since last April 2, which was also extended on June 2, stipulates the suspension of military offensives by land, sea, and air in Yemen and across its borders, in addition to facilitating the entry of ships carrying fuel to Al-Hudaydah ports in western Yemen.

On August 2, the United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, said the warring parties agreed on extending the truce for an extra two months per the same conditions with the aim of maintaining negotiations and reaching a comprehensive truce as soon as possible.

  • United States
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Saudi Aggression on Yemen
  • Sanaa
  • Yemen
  • Yemen armistice
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi coalition Forces

Most Read

Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, executive director of the defense division of the Israeli National Cyber Directorate, undated (Social media)

Israeli-born US prosecutor drops Israeli officer child sex crime

  • Politics
  • 19 Aug 2025
Almost instantly after the Helsinki Accords were signed, organisations sprouted to document purported violations, whose findings were fed to overseas embassies for international amplification. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Zeinab el-Hajj)

How ‘Human Rights’ became a Western weapon

  • Opinion
  • 23 Aug 2025
Israeli soldiers stand on the top of armoured vehicles parked on an area near the Israeli-Gaza border, as seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025 (AP)

Palestinian fighters target Israeli soldiers, vehicles in Gaza

  • Politics
  • 21 Aug 2025
Launch of a ballistic missile from Yemen toward the occupied Palestinian territories. (YAF military media)

Yemeni Forces announce firing hypersonic missile at Al-Lydd Airport

  • Politics
  • 22 Aug 2025

Coverage

All
The Ummah's Martyrs

Read Next

All
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at the Prime minister's office in al-Quds, Occupied Palestine, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025 (AP)
Politics

Netanyahu deliberately derailing truce with Gaza occupation: Hamas

Irish President Michael Higgins arrives to deliver his speech during a 42nd World Food Day celebration at FAO headquarters in Rome, on Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Politics

Irish president renews call for UN military intervention in Gaza

US Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the US Embassy in Aukar, northern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, July 21, 2025 (AP)
Politics

US envoy, Netanyahu discuss restraining attacks on Lebanon, withdrawal

Smoke billows following Israeli airstrikes in multiple areas in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025 (AP)
Politics

Ansar Allah vow sustained Gaza support despite Israeli strikes

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS