The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported that a tanker was attacked in the Red Sea near the Saudi city of Al-Shuqaiq, north of the Yemeni coast. The incident marks another step in the attempts by Yemen’s Houthi rebels to enforce a naval blockade on Saudi territory.
Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported that the targeted vessel was a Saudi oil tanker carrying approximately half a million barrels of crude oil, which was hit by a missile fired from within Yemen.
