At least one Saudi oil tanker has been attacked in the Red Sea, widening the risks to energy supplies already disrupted by a near-halt to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
The Iran-backed Houthis, a militant group in Yemen, said late Wednesday that it had attacked two vessels to enforce the maritime blockade it announced on Monday against Saudi Arabia. The Saudi news agency and a British monitoring group reported Thursday that one vessel had been struck, but did not confirm who carried out the attack. A second attack has not been corroborated by maritime monitoring agencies.
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