Yemen’s crisis have been exacerbated by Houthi militia and the Ukraine war

Since the Houthi militia’s coup in Yemen, the Yemeni people have been living in the worst years, suffering from humiliation, poverty, sanctions and restrictions on freedoms, and this comes amid international warnings of a near famine in the country, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The Houthis resort to crisis making to find financial resources to profit from. One of their most important weapons in the war is the oil and gas derivatives crisis, which they deliberately hide and sell on the black market in order to get money to support their war against the Yemeni people.

The biggest disaster was the increase in the price of fuel four times in a year, and three times in a month, and the Yemeni government accuses the Houthi militias of fueling fuel crises.

Yemeni sources confirmed that Houthi militias are detaining fuel tankers inside al-Jawf province, where the fuel crisis is increasing, are spreading in the Houthi areas and are increasing their prices three times the real price.

The Yemeni Oil Company announced a new price for fuel in its regions for the fourth time this year, raising the price of oil in the capital of Aden and pricing a liter of gasoline to 1,110 riyals, up from 1,040 riyals.

Yemeni Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed said: “The economic crisis is crushing Yemenis beyond their means, as they run out of money in the war years”.

Yemen imports almost all the wheat it needs, more than a third of it comes from Russia and Ukraine, it relies heavily on bread, and it imports many food and basic goods from Ukraine, whether through Yemeni businesses or through relief organizations that distribute them to the displaced and those affected by the Houthi militia war in Yemen.

The price of vegetables, fruit and livestock has also risen in Yemeni markets, coinciding with a surge in prices for most goods, food and consumer goods in the country, due to the Houthi war and the Russian-Ukrainian crisis.

The International Committee of the Red Cross recently warned of the seriousness of the situation in Yemen due to the Russian-Ukrainian war, as this could lead to a decrease in the access of Yemenis to their basic needs, amid expectations that this conflict would lead to a rise in food prices, especially the cost of cereals, in addition to rising fuel prices worldwide.