An oil tanker is on fire in the Gulf of Aden, its operator says, after Houthis said they hit it with a missile.

US officials told the BBC’s US partner CBS the tanker was hit by an anti-ship ballistic missile and a naval ship was responding to its distress signal.

There were no injuries reported, the US officials said.

Houthi military spokesman Yaha Sarea said the group used “a number of appropriate naval missiles” and Friday’s strike was “direct”.

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    10 months ago

    I wonder what the Houthis are trying to do here.

    Golly gee, could it be that an international actor is lying about their motivations?

    No. Only the West is capable of such duplicity!

    Numerous ships with no relation to Israel have been targeted, and this has been mentioned numerous times before. Yet time and time again, people choose to believe the propaganda they prefer over easily verifiable fact.