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See the full story · 5 sourcesA sailor from the navy of Yemen's Aden-based government stands aboard a vessel patrolling a shipping lane off Hanish Island in the Red Sea on July 27.
Listen Summarise Yemen’s Houthis claimed they fired ballistic missiles at a Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea for breaching their newly declared maritime blockade. The UK Maritime Trade Operations reported an explosion heard by a tanker in the southern Red Sea, but confirmed no injuries or environmental damage. The conflict escalated with Saudi-led airstrikes on Houthi sites and Houthi attacks on Saudi oil ports, expanding the war to a new front affecting global supplies. AI generated
CAIRO – Yemen’s Houthis said they fired ballistic missiles at a Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea, stepping up enforcement of a newly declared maritime blockade of Saudi Arabia .
The Iran-aligned group’s military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, said the vessel had breached the blockade, ignored warning calls and was forced to change course.
Separately, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said on July 28 that the master of a tanker had reported hearing an explosion while transiting the southern Red Sea.
UKMTO said the crew and vessel were safe and that no environmental damage had been reported. Reuters could not immediately verify whether the advisory was related to the incident reported by the Houthis.
The Houthis said on July 20 they would impose a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea in response to what they described as a Saudi siege on Yemen, an allegation Riyadh has denied.
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said it carried out strikes on Houthi military sites in Yemen’s Hodeidah governorate on July 24 , saying the sites were used to threaten commercial shipping.
The Houthis subsequently fired on Saudi oil installations in two ports on the Red Sea coast on July 25 and Saudi-backed forces bombed the Houthis, as the war in the Gulf that has disrupted global supplies extended to a second front. REUTERS
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