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.
“Since July 20, we have targeted 8 Saudi oil tankers, 5 in the Red Sea and 3 in the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea,” the group said, according to Saba. Nearly 50 Saudi oil tankers were also “prevented from transiting the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea and forced to return,” the news agency cited the Huthis as saying.
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.
CNN cannot independently verify the group’s claims, and there has been no immediate comment from Saudi authorities.
Some context: Clashes have intensified in recent weeks near the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a key maritime chokepoint at the southern end of the Red Sea, after the Huthis declared a blockade on ships from Saudi Arabia, the main backer of Yemeni government forces.
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.
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