Fireball erupts from oil tanker after Houthi strike

Three fires blazed on a Greek-flagged oil tanker in the Red Sea, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said on Friday, one day after rescuers evacuated its crew in the wake of an assault by Yemeni Houthi militants.

The Iran-aligned Houthis, who control Yemen’s most populous regions, said on Thursday that they had attacked the Sounion oil tanker as part of their 10-month campaign against commercial shipping to support Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

The Houthis first damaged the tanker on Wednesday with repeated attacks that caused a fire and a loss of engine power. A European warship later rescued her crew of 25. The uncrewed vessel was anchored between Yemen and Eritrea, a maritime security source told Reuters on Thursday.

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Read more here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/08/24/oil-tanker-hit-houthi-strike/

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  1. Hoothi is bad Muslims because they have no oil and they are not rich. But Saudi is good Muslims because they are rich and they got oil.

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