Armed tribesmen in Yemen's northeast Marib province blew up late on Thursday another oil pipeline that was empty since tribesmen destroyed the main pipeline in the area three months ago, which caused losses of nearly 1 billion U.S. dollars.
An official told Xinhua Friday on condition of anonymity that the pipeline located in Sirwah region in Marib, some 173 km northeast of the capital Sanaa, blaming the attack for the opposition-backed armed tribesmen who support anti-government protesters' demands to oust President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
The five-month-old unrest in Yemen bred black markets across the country and forced many foreign oil companies halted their works.
Trade and Industry Minister Hisham Sharaf said earlier last month that his government has lost nearly one billion U.S. dollars due to the attack on the key oil pipelines.
Vice President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who was assigned as acting president after Saleh was hospitalized in the Saudi capital due to wounds he sustained in an attack on his palace on June 3, said on Thursday that he has reached an agreement with opposition leaders to repair the damaged pipeline within ten days.
Editor: Mu Xuequan
English.news.cn 2011-07-02 01:53:31 FeedbackPrintRSS
SANAA, July 1 (Xinhua)
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