Iran-back Houthis target a Red Sea vessel carrying approximately 1 million barrels of crude oil.
A masked fighter walks the deck of the crippled oil tanker, kneels before a collection of wires and a detonator, then presses a button. Moments later, five fireballs bloom along the deck, engulfing the entire length of the ship in plumes of black smoke. These were the scenes broadcast on Thursday by Yemen’s Houthis, in video that showed militants from the Iran-backed group storming the Greek-flagged vessel MV Delta Sounion.
Hours after the Houthi-run Masirah TV channel broadcast the Sounion video, the group’s leader, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, gave a televised address lauding what he described as a “bold and courageous” operation on the Sounion for “violating” the group’s “blockade” on Israeli shipping. “The impact of this on the economy of our enemies is escalating,” Al-Houthi said.
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