Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis have claimed on Thursday a missile and drone attack on two Saudi oil tankers transiting through the Red Sea, while the US continued strikes on Iran for the 12th consecutive night.
The Iran-backed Houthi group wrote on Telegram that it had "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.
US carries out strikes on Iran for 12th consecutive night
