World News
Yemen's Houthis claim missile strike on Saudi oil tanker in Red Sea
Saudi shipping firm Bahri confirmed a vessel incident off Yanbu, reporting no casualties among the crew.
The short version
- Yemen's Houthi movement claimed a ballistic missile attack on the Saudi oil tanker Amzan off the coast of Yanbu in the Red Sea.
- Saudi shipping company Bahri confirmed the vessel was involved in an incident, noting that all crew members are safe and unharmed.
- The attack is part of a declared Houthi blockade on Saudi-linked maritime traffic in the Red Sea, targeting Saudi Arabia's primary western energy export hub.
Key facts
- A Houthi military spokesperson stated that the group targeted the Saudi national shipping company Bahri's vessel, Amzan, with a ballistic missile off Yanbu.[Al Jazeera]
- Bahri confirmed that the Amzan was involved in a maritime incident in the Red Sea, reporting that all crew members were safe and no injuries occurred.[Al Jazeera]
- The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency reported that a tanker was hit by an unidentified projectile roughly 63 nautical miles west of Yanbu.[Al Jazeera]
- Saudi government officials have not publicly confirmed the strike, and the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not respond to requests for comment.[Al Jazeera]
What remains uncertain
- Saudi officials have not officially confirmed that a Houthi missile hit the vessel or acknowledged the nature of the damage.[Al Jazeera]
- The extent of physical damage to the tanker remains unverified, despite Houthi assertions that the strike caused a fire aboard the ship.[Al Jazeera]