Yemen Houthis claim strikes on two Saudi oil tankers in Red Sea
On Monday, the Tehran-backed group announced they are imposing a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia in retaliation for a blockade on Yemen and a recent attack on Sanaa International Airport.
By Evelyn Ann-Marie Dom Published on 23/07/2026 - 6:06 GMT+2 Share Comments Add Euronews on Google Share Facebook Twitter Flipboard Send Reddit Linkedin Messenger Telegram VK Bluesky Threads Whatsapp On Monday, the Tehran-backed group announced they are imposing a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia in retaliation for a blockade on Yemen and a recent attack on Sanaa International Airport. Yemen's Tehran-backed Houthis have claimed on Thursday a missile and drone attack on two Saudi oil tankers transiting through the Red Sea. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Iran-backed group wrote on Telegram that it "carried out a qualitative military operation targeting two Saudi oil tankers that violated the blockade", naming the vessels as the Encelia and the Layla.
Earlier, the British naval security monitor UKMTO reported that a projectile struck a tanker in the Red Sea off Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. "The Master of a tanker reports being struck by an unknown projectile which has caused a fire onboard that the crew are currently fighting," it wrote in a statement. The Tehran-backed group announced on Monday that they were imposing a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia in retaliation for a blockade on Yemen and a recent attack on Sanaa International Airport.
Amid the Iran war, the move threatened another vital waterway for global shipping, raising fears of further escalating the regional conflict. Bab el-Mandeb, at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, is the gateway to the Red Sea through which around 12% of the world's trade usually passes. A fourth of global container trade transits through the 32-kilometre-wide strait to and from the Suez Canal.
A closure would force vessels to take the much longer route around the Cape of Good Hope, adding two to three weeks to journeys between Asia and Europe and sharply increasing shipping costs. At least nine tankers have changed course after the Houthi blockade announcement, maritime data revealed, including three vessels that had taken on oil at Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Yanbu terminal. Go to accessibility shortcuts Share Comments Add Euronews on Google Read more Yemen’s Houthis threaten Bab el-Mandeb closure in embargo on Saudi Arabia US announces landmark nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia Four drone strikes in four days hit tankers carrying Kazakhstan's oil Oil tanker Saudi Arabia Bab el-Mandeb Strait Houthis Share Comments Add Euronews on Google Facebook Twitter Flipboard Send Reddit Linkedin Messenger Telegram VK Bluesky Threads Whatsapp Facebook Twitter Flipboard Send Reddit Linkedin Messenger Telegram VK Bluesky Threads Whatsapp Facebook Twitter Flipboard Send Reddit Linkedin Messenger Telegram VK Bluesky Threads Whatsapp Yemen's Tehran-backed Houthis have claimed on Thursday a missile and drone attack on two Saudi oil tankers transiting through the Red Sea.
ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Iran-backed group wrote on Telegram that it "carried out a qualitative military operation targeting two Saudi oil tankers that violated the blockade", naming the vessels as the Encelia and the Layla. Earlier, the British naval security monitor UKMTO reported that a projectile struck a tanker in the Red Sea off Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. "The Master of a tanker reports being struck by an unknown projectile which has caused a fire onboard that the crew are currently fighting," it wrote in a statement.
The Tehran-backed group announced on Monday that they were imposing a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia in retaliation for a blockade on Yemen and a recent attack on Sanaa International Airport. Amid the Iran war, the move threatened another vital waterway for global shipping, raising fears of further escalating the regional conflict. Bab el-Mandeb, at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, is the gateway to the Red Sea through which around 12% of the world's trade usually passes.
A fourth of global container trade transits through the 32-kilometre-wide strait to and from the Suez Canal. A closure would force vessels to take the much longer route around the Cape of Good Hope, adding two to three weeks to journeys between Asia and Europe and sharply increasing shipping costs. At least nine tankers have changed course after the Houthi blockade announcement, maritime data revealed, including three vessels that had taken on oil at Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Yanbu terminal.
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