Houthis allow Greek tanker ablaze in Red Sea to be towed to safety
The Iran-backed rebels said they were responding to concerns by the European Union that the tanker endangered maritime and environmental safety in the Red Sea.
DUBAI — A spokesperson for the Yemen-based Houthi rebel group said on Thursday that the Yemeni group planned to tow a Greek-flagged oil tanker set ablaze by their missiles to safety as concerns grow about maritime and environmental damage in the Red Sea.
"After several international parties contacted us, especially the European ones, they were allowed to tow the burning oil tanker MV Sounion," Houthi spokesperson Mohammed Abdulsalam wrote on the X platform.
ندين بشدة إقدام كيان العدو الصهيوني من خلال جنوده المجرمين على تدنيس أحد مساجد غزة وإحراق نسخ من القرآن الكريم المقدس. إن ما شجع كيان العدو على انتهاك المقدسات الإسلامية وامتهان كرامة هذه الأمة هو ما يراه من خذلان رسمي عربي وإسلامي للشعب الفلسطيني في غزة، كما نجدد إدانتنا…
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