DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Liberian-flagged oil tanker in the Red Sea came under attack three times on Tuesday, including in an assault using a...
DUBAI , United Arab Emirates — A Liberian-flagged oil tanker in the Red Sea came under attack three times on Tuesday, including in an assault using a bomb-carrying drone boat, likely the latest in a campaign by Yemen's Houthi rebels overlast month in Tehran , Iran 's capital, which has renewed fears of a wider regional war in the Middle East.
The third attack happened hours later on Tuesday, some 180 kilometers northwest of the Houthi-held port city Hodeida, prompting an armed security force aboard the tanker to open fire. The Houthis have so far not claimed responsibility for the assaults, though sometimes they wait days to do so, and other times they have claimed attacks that appear not to have happened.The Houthis have targeted more than 70 vessels with missiles and drones since the start of the war in Gaza in October. They have
likely carried out by the rebels. That tanker, the Delta Blue, is managed by the same firm as the Delta Atlantica.to sail more quickly to the area. America also has ordered the the USS Georgia guided missile submarine into the Mideast, while the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier strike group had been in the Gulf of Oman.
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