Saudi oil tanker hit in Houthi attack off Yemen
The Iran-aligned Houthi group said they had targeted a warship of the coalition in the Red Sea in response to an air strike in Yemen's Hodeidah province on Monday
A Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea was hit in a Houthi attack off Yemen's main port city of Hodeidah, Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya television reported on Tuesday, citing a statement from the Saudi-led coalition.
The Iran-aligned Houthi group said they had targeted a warship of the coalition in the Red Sea in response to an airstrike in Yemen's Hodeidah province on Monday.
The oil tanker was attacked by Houthi rebels at 1:30pm local time, reports quoted Colonel Turki al-Maliki, a spokesman for the coalition forces, as saying.
As per reports, Al-Maliki said the attack failed after one of the alliance's naval vessels intervened, adding that the oil tanker suffered only minor damage.
The vessel continued on its navigational line and sailed north following the incident while being accompanied by alliance ships.