An assault by Yemen’s Houthi rebels focused a Panama-flagged oil tanker within the Purple Sea on Monday, authorities mentioned, as a close-by Saudi-flagged tanker ship additionally allegedly got here below fireplace from the group.The assaults are believed to be the newest within the Iranian-backed rebels’ marketing campaign that has disrupted the $1 trillion in items that cross via the Purple Sea every year over the Israel-Hamas conflict within the Gaza Strip and has halted some help shipments to conflict-ravaged Sudan and Yemen.The brand new assaults on oil tankers additionally come amid efforts to salvage the still-burning Sounion oil tanker earlier hit by the Houthis, in search of to move off the potential ecological catastrophe posed by its cargo of 1 million barrels of crude oil.00:00 INTRODUCTION01:20 US CENTCOM SAYS HOUTHIS ATTACKED SAUDI SHIP02:41 SAUDI FIRM DENIES SHIP TARGETED 04:21 OIL TANKER ATTACKED BY HOUTHIS STILL BURNING
