Screenshot showing an explosion on the oil tanker Chios Lion in the Red Sea on July 15, 2024
Screenshot showing an explosion on the oil tanker Chios Lion in the Red Sea on July 15, 2024.
  • The Houthis shared a video of a claimed sea drone strike on a crude oil tanker in the Red Sea.
  • A spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces said the vessel had violated its entry ban.
  • The Iran-backed rebel group has become more adept at targeting commercial vessels, experts told BI.

Yemen's Houthi rebel group shared a video of what it claimed was one of its sea drones striking a crude oil tanker in the Red Sea.

In an X post on Tuesday, Ameen Hayyan, the director of the Yemeni Armed Forces Spokesperson's Office, said it had targeted the Chios Lion on Monday.