VOL. XLI

No. 38

21-September-1998

YEMEN

Explosion Damages Yemeni Export Pipeline

An explosion occurred between Sirwah and Hibab on a pipeline that carries Marib crudefrom Safir to the Red Sea port of Ras Isa causing an unspecified amount of oil to leakout, Yemen's bi-weekly Al-Ayyam reported on 13 September. "This particularpipeline has been the target of a number of attacks in the past few weeks, and this latestattack is the thirteen in Marib since June," according to al-Ayyam. The Yemenipaper...