Oil prices move higher after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis claim Saudi tanker strike

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

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

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

Yemen's Houthis say they attacked Saudi oil tanker in Red Sea  Reuters

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