{"id":7077,"date":"2026-07-23T08:28:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=7077"},"modified":"2026-07-23T08:28:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:28:47","slug":"yemens-houthis-claim-attack-on-two-saudi-oil-tankers-over-alleged-blockade-violation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=7077","title":{"rendered":"Yemen&#8217;s Houthis Claim Attack on Two Saudi Oil Tankers Over Alleged Blockade Violation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SANAA:<\/strong> Yemen&#8217;s Houthi movement, <strong>Ansar Allah<\/strong>, has claimed responsibility for attacks on <strong>two Saudi oil tankers<\/strong>, alleging that the vessels violated a maritime blockade imposed by the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, Ansar Allah said the targeted tankers had breached its declared naval blockade, prompting the attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the <strong>Saudi Press Agency (SPA)<\/strong>, a <strong>Saudi-owned vessel<\/strong> came under attack while sailing in the <strong>Red Sea<\/strong>. The strike caused a fire to break out in the forward section of the ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saudi authorities said <strong>all crew members were safe<\/strong>, and no casualties were reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier, the <strong>United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO)<\/strong> had reported a fire aboard a vessel approximately <strong>70 nautical miles off the Saudi coast near Al Shaqiq<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the ship&#8217;s captain, the blaze was caused by a <strong>missile strike<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials said there were <strong>no reported fatalities, injuries, or environmental impacts<\/strong> resulting from the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The attacks come days after the Houthi movement announced a <strong>maritime blockade against Saudi Arabia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the time, an Ansar Allah spokesperson said the blockade was being imposed in response to what the group described as the <strong>Saudi-led blockade on Yemen<\/strong>, particularly the continued closure of <strong>Sanaa International Airport<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The spokesperson stated that the closure of the airport was &#8220;unacceptable&#8221; and warned that restrictions imposed on Yemen would be met with reciprocal measures at sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reported attack marks a further escalation of tensions in the Red Sea, a critical international shipping route, amid ongoing regional instability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANAA: Yemen&#8217;s Houthi movement, Ansar Allah, has claimed responsibility for attacks on two Saudi oil tankers, alleging that the vessels violated a maritime blockade imposed..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438557_5296108_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438557_5296108_updates-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438557_5296108_updates-1-300x171.jpg",300,171,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438557_5296108_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438557_5296108_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438557_5296108_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438557_5296108_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">Pakistan<\/a>","tag_info":"Pakistan","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7077"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7079,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7077\/revisions\/7079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}