AFP reported that Yemen's main oil export pipeline was blown up on Thursday in the Wadi Obeida region, east of Sanaa,

Mr Sheikh Mohsen Mabkut bin Mayili tribal head in Marib province said that "The pipeline was sabotaged at around 5 pm and the explosion holed the line and sparked a fire."

He said that the attack was probably the work of tribesmen seeking concessions from the government, not Al-Qaeda. It was the sixth act of sabotage this year on the pipeline to Ras Issa terminal on the Red Sea.

(Sourced from AFP)