Houthi Media Claims Attack on Saudi Military Supplies Vessel in Red Sea

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi rebels have attacked a Saudi vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the entrance to the Red Sea, according to the Houthi-run Saba news agency on the 11th (local time).

The agency reported that the vessel targeted by the Houthis was transporting military supplies and released related photos.

However, Saudi authorities have not commented on the report.

Earlier, the Transport Ministry of the internationally recognized Yemeni government stated that Houthi rebels fired three ballistic missiles at the Tihama, a small cargo ship owned by an Egyptian company passing through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

The Yemeni government's coast guard subsequently announced in a separate statement that the Houthi attack resulted in the deaths of three Pakistani crew members, one Indonesian crew member, and two soldiers from the Yemeni government's National Resistance forces, with 10 others injured.

On the 20th of last month, the Houthi rebels declared a maritime blockade targeting Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea in retaliation, claiming that Saudi Arabia was blockading and besieging Yemen.

(Photo: Capture from Saba news agency Telegram channel, Yonhap News)
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