Houthis say they will target major US oil exporters in nearby seas

LONDON/LOS ANGELES: Yemen’s Houthis will target US oil majors including Exxon Mobil and Chevron despite an earlier truce agreed with President Donald Trump’s administration to not attack US-linked ships sailing in the Red Sea and the wider Gulf of Aden, the Iran-backed militia said on Tuesday. The Sanaa-based Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center (HOCC), which liaises between Houthi forces and commercial shipping operators and is associated with the Houthi military, sanctioned 13 US companies, nine executives and two vessels.

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