The Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Muammar Al-Eryani, said, “The terrorist Houthi militia affiliated with Iran, targeting the Safer oil facility in Ma’rib Governorate, one of the most vital facilities for oil and gas production, with three suicide drones, is a dangerous escalation that falls within the economic war it is waging against The government and the Yemeni people, and its destructive approach to Yemen’s infrastructure and capabilities, and its policies of impoverishment and systematic starvation of the Yemenis.”

Muammar Al-Eryani added in a press statement, “The Houthi militia began waging an economic war against the government to prevent it from being able to fulfill its obligations, and in October 2022, it attacked ships and oil tankers in the ports of the Hadhramaut and Shabwa governorates, which led to the cessation of oil exports and was prevented.” Selling local gas coming from Ma’rib Governorate to areas under its control and replacing it with “free” gas coming from Iran through the port of Hodeidah, and doubling the prices of tax and customs duties at land ports to prevent the movement of goods and tankers between governorates, with the aim of forcing merchants to stop importing from the port of Aden.”

Al-Eryani warned against the Houthi militia exploiting the state of international inaction to continue its escalatory path, which threatens to undermine the chances of calm and drag the situation further into complexity, threaten the collapse of the economic situation, and exacerbate human suffering. We affirm that the government will not stand idly by and will take all measures that preserve the interests and capabilities. The Yemeni people, and their sacrifices are preserved in the battle to restore the state and end the coup.

Al-Iryani called on the Yemeni people of all categories and components, especially those residing in areas under the control of the Houthi militia, who are becoming more miserable and poor every day, to realize that Yemen is losing every day, its economy and facilities are being destroyed, and that the militia does not undertake any construction, development and reconstruction project, and that it is not good at Except the detonation of wars, killing, demolition, sabotage, impoverishment and starvation of the Yemenis, and that the restoration of Yemen to its health, security and stability depends on the departure of this criminal gang.

Al-Eryani called on the international community, the United Nations and its special envoy to Yemen, to issue a clear condemnation of this terrorist act, and to take strict positions regarding this dangerous escalation, which confirms the Houthi militia’s indifference to the efforts made by brotherly and friendly countries to bring peace, and to immediately begin classifying it as a “global terrorist organization.” "And devoting efforts to support the Presidential Leadership Council and the government to restore state institutions, impose its control, and establish security and stability throughout Yemeni territory.