Houthis Threaten to Expand Red Sea Attacks, and Claim Strikes on Saudi Tankers

Saudi Arabia has not commented on the claims by the Houthis, who are backed by Iran and have vowed to close “all access routes” to Saudi oil shipments.

DUBAI, Aug 5 - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Wednesday they had launched a missile attack on a Saudi oil tanker off the coast of the kingdom's Red Sea port city of Yanbu and another missile attack on a Saudi oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden.

Yemen's Houthis say they attacked Saudi oil tankers in Red Sea, Gulf of Aden  Reuters

Crude prices rose Wednesday after Yemen's Houthis claimed they had struck a Saudi Arabian oil tanker in the Red Sea.

Yemen’s Houthi militant group said it would attack Saudi oil tankers in the northern Red Sea, a potential fresh escalation in its attacks on shipping.

Yemen's Houthis say they attacked oil tanker off Saudi coast Yemen's Houthis said on Wednesday that they had attacked a Saudi oil tanker with missiles off the coast of the Saudi port city of Yanbu, on the north of the Saudi Red Sea coast. The group's military spokesperson did not confirm when the attack took plac

Trump threatened Tehran with "decapitation" Monday, before Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis claimed to have struck a Saudi airport.