Greek oil tanker drifting and ablaze after repeated attacks in the Red Sea, British military says
Source: Associated Press
Greek oil tanker drifting and ablaze after repeated attacks in the Red Sea, British military says
By JON GAMBRELL
Updated 8:55 PM EDT, August 21, 2024
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Greek-flagged oil tanker traveling through the Red Sea came under repeated attack Wednesday, leaving the vessel “not under command” and drifting ablaze after an assault suspected to have been carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the British military said.
The attack, the most serious in the Red Sea in weeks, comes during a monthslong campaign by Houthis targeting ships over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip that has disrupted a trade route through which $1 trillion in cargo typically passes each year.
In the attack, men on small boats first opened fire with small arms about 140 kilometers (90 miles) west of the rebel-held Yemeni port city of Hodeida, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said.
Four projectiles also hit the ship, it added. It wasn’t immediately clear if that meant drones or missiles.
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