A brand new try has begun to attempt to salvage an oil tanker burning within the Pink Sea after assaults by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, an EU naval mission introduced.
A brand new try has begun to attempt to salvage an oil tanker burning within the Pink Sea after assaults by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, a European Union naval mission mentioned on Saturday.
The EU’s Operation Aspides printed photographs dated Saturday of its vessels escorting ships heading to the Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion.
The mission has “been actively concerned on this advanced endeavour, by making a safe atmosphere, which is important for the tugboats to conduct the towing operation,” the EU mentioned.
The Sounion got here below assault from the Houthis starting Aug. 21. The vessel had been staffed by a crew of 25 Filipinos and Russians, in addition to 4 personal safety personnel, who had been taken by a French destroyer to close by Djibouti.
The Houthis later planted explosives aboard the ship and detonated them. That’s led to fears the ship’s 1 million barrels of crude oil might spill into the Pink Sea.
The Houthis have focused greater than 80 vessels with missiles and drones for the reason that conflict in Gaza began in October. They seized one vessel within the marketing campaign that additionally killed 4 sailors. One of many sunken vessels, the Tutor, went down after the Houthis planted explosives aboard it and after its crew deserted it attributable to an earlier assault, the insurgent group later acknowledged.
Different missiles and drones have both been intercepted by a U.S.-led coalition within the Pink Sea or failed to achieve their targets.
The rebels keep that they aim ships linked to Israel, the U.S. or the U.Ok. to drive an finish to Israel’s marketing campaign towards Hamas in Gaza. Nonetheless, most of the ships attacked have little or no connection to the battle, together with some sure for Iran.
