Houthis Release Video of Drone Striking Oil Tanker in Red Sea

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Houthis Release Video of Drone Striking Oil Tanker in Red Sea

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels released footage on October 3 showing an uncrewed surface vessel, or drone boat, striking a ship they described as a “British” oil tanker, the Cordelia Moon, in the Red Sea two days earlier on October 1.

A port-side ballast tank on the vessel was damaged in the incident, according to the

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(UKMTO).

The Houthis

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the ship was targeted by eight ballistic and winged missiles, a drone, and a uncrewed boat. The ******* was carried out in support of Lebanese and ************ “resistance” forces, and in response to ********* and British attacks on Houthi forces, they said in a statement. The Houthis described the tanker as British, but

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say the vessel is registered in Panama.

Storyful could not independently verify who owns the vessel.

A second ship, Minoan Courage, was targeted by a missile in the same area of the Red Sea, UKMTO

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The Houthis also said they struck a third vessel, a container ship named Marathopolis, with a drone in the Indian Ocean, and said it was because the ship continued to trade in *******. Credit: Military Media Yemen via Storyful

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