Almost four weeks after the Attack by the pro-Iranian Houthi militia on a Oil tanker off the coast of Yemen The ship was successfully towed. The “Sounion”, which sails under the Greek flag, has been brought “to a safe place”, the EU naval mission Aspides announced on Monday. According to the report, “private actors” completed the rescue operation. The EU mission added that it would continue to monitor the situation.
The USA had warned of an environmental catastrophe after the attack on the ship, which was loaded with 150,000 tons of crude oil, on August 21. The Houthi militia said it had attacked the tanker with drones and missiles. A fire broke out on board the ship. The EU mission Aspides, which is stationed in the Red Sea to protect merchant ships, brought the 25-member crew of the “Sounion” to safety a day later.
The Houthi militia has been carrying out repeated attacks on merchant ships in the area for months. The militia, which is supported by Iran and allied with the radical Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip, says it is acting “out of solidarity” with the Palestinians since Israel and Hamas went to war following the major attack by the Islamist Palestinian organization. (AFP)
