Houthis claim attacks on Saudi oil tankers in Red Sea amid naval blockade

All crew members aboard the Encelia were reported safe; no casualties mentioned in the claimed attacks.

In the contested waters of the Red Sea, Yemen's Houthi movement has struck two Saudi oil tankers—the Encelia and the Layla—with missiles and drones, enforcing a maritime blockade declared days earlier as reciprocal justice for what they describe as twelve years of Saudi siege. The action arrives at a moment when the world's energy arteries are already strained, with the Strait of Hormuz closed since February's military strikes on Iran, and now the Bab al-Mandeb facing disruption as well. History reminds us that chokepoints are not merely geographic features but pressure points in the long nego

Houthis claim attacks on Saudi oil tankers in Red Sea amid naval blockade

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