Marib (Debriefer) - The Yemeni northeastern city of Marib has been in darkness for two successive days, as tribal armed men detain oil trucks and deny them access to power generating plants.
Armed tribesmen from Al Samra Tribe in Abeeda Valley have been for three days now holding back fuel lorries heading from Mukalla and Safer company to supply Marib's energy plants, local sources said.
The gunmen demand Marib local authorities to release a fellow tribesman reportedly jailed over charges of sabotage acts, the sources added.
Detention of the oil trucks led also to a lack of oil derivatives in the oil-rich governorate, according to the sources.
The blackout doubled the people's suffering, in particular during Ramadan with high temperatures, the sources said.
