Al-Houthi armed group claimed to have hit a Saudi tanker, and the Red Sea shipping risk increased Wen

On 5 August, Yemeni Al-Houthi forces indicated that they had attacked a Saudi tanker called Wafa in the Red Sea area north of Yanbu with ballistic missiles and claimed that the missile had been directly targeted. This is the eighth Saudi tanker that the Al-Houthi forces have claimed to have attacked since the start of the blockade on 22 July. The Al-Houthi forces also claimed that they had forced another 29 Saudi tankers to turn back on their way to the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea. Kim Xian