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

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 targeted Saudi oil vessel in Gulf of Aden Yemen's Houthis said they targeted a Saudi oil vessel in the Gulf of Aden, according to a statement from the group's military spokesperson on Wednesday. Saudi Arabia has not yet confirmed the strike, but it comes after UK Maritime Trade Operations

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.

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 Saudi oil tanker in Red Sea  Reuters

The Houthis said the strike was in response to what they described as Saudi drone incursions into the airspace over the Saada and Hajjah governorates in northwestern Yemen.

The Yemeni militant group, the Houthis, have claimed that they struck the Najran Airport in Saudi Arabia.

Six Saudi-flagged supertankers have changed course in the Gulf of Aden in recent days and are heading to southern Africa following Houthi threats.