Balhaf: The Oil Port Where UAE Loots Yemen and Imprisons and Tortures Yemenis
The UAE has not only prevented Yemenis from exporting their own natural gas from Balhaf and forcefully laid off hundreds of employees, it has converted the sprawling industrial complex into a private military camp and secret prison.
Local fears are justified by the reality on the ground. It is believed that up to 65% of Yemen’s oil and gas produced since 2015, when the war began, has been looted by the UAE and Saudi Arabia with the aid of international oil companies, including that refined and transferred through Balhaf port.
Adding to the anger of local residents, Balhaf has been turned into a secret prison by the UAE. There, dozens of their relatives are held incommunicado and tortured, and some killed or disappeared forever, according to their families and former detainees, as well as the United Nations. Witness testimony suggests that the site is still being used to detain and torture prisoners, sources told MintPress.
Others claim that the facility is being used to smuggle stolen gas to Europe, with French participation through Total Energies. Yemeni political analysts told MintPress that the UAE obtained guarantees from France that its interests in Yemen would be protected, including ignoring the Balhaf issue, during the negotiation of a multi-billion-dollar arms deal signed by the two sides on December 3 of this year.
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