Huthis claim to have targeted eight Saudi oil tankers since start of blockade
The Huthi group said Monday it had attacked what it described as a Saudi military landing ship and four escort vessels in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen’s port city of Mokha, after a weekend of escalation in the region.
Saba also reported the group said it sank two military landing ships near Mokha — which it claimed were transporting Saudi weapons — as well as more than 10 warships belonging to Saudi forces, without providing evidence.
Khaled Ziad/AFP/Getty Images Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthis claimed today to have targeted eight Saudi oil tankers since late July, when the militant group declared a maritime blockade on Saudi shipping, the Huthi-run Saba news agency said.
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