The Iran-aligned Houthis agreed to allow salvage crews access to the Greek oil tanker they attacked in the Red Sea, averting a potential environmental disaster.
The Iran-aligned Houthis have agreed to allow salvage crews including rescue ships and tugboats to access an oil tanker that the Houthis hit with a missile in the Red Sea earlier this month. “Several countries have reached out to ask Ansarullah the Houthis , requesting a temporary truce for the entry of tugboats and rescue ships into the incident area,' Iran’s mission to the United Nations in New York said, as carried by Reuters.
“The vessel reports being not under command,” the UK Maritime Trade Operations office said at the time, likely meaning it lost all power. “No casualties reported.” The Greek-flagged oil tanker, the Sounion, had 25 crew members and was traveling from Iraq to Cyprus. The crew was rescued by a European warship and transported to Djibouti. Earlier this week, U.S. Pentagon officials said that the Greek tanker that the Yemeni Houthis struck in the Red Sea a week ago is now leaking oil.
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