Oil Tanker Attacked At Terminal In Saudi Red Sea Port

Al Jazeera: Saudi coalition ‘foils terrorist act’ on oil tanker near Yemen 

Saudi Arabia-led coalition says Greek vessel off the coast of Shuqaiq has suffered minor damage from shrapnel, state media reported. 

LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) - An explosion damaged a Greek-managed tanker at a Saudi Arabian terminal on the Red Sea just north of the Yemeni border, the ship’s manager said on Wednesday, in an attack confirmed by Saudi Arabia. 

In a statement published by state media, the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen said a commercial vessel suffered minor damage from shrapnel in what it described as a foiled terrorist attack. 

Athens-based TMS Tankers said the Maltese-flagged vessel it managed was “attacked by an unknown source” while at berth in Shuqaiq in Saudi Arabia after it had completed discharging and was preparing to depart. 

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WNU Editor: This post is north of the Yemeni border. The speculation is that this was a Houthi attack, and it comes a day after this attack .... Yemen's Houthi Rebels Launch Successful Missile Strike On A Saudi Oil Facility (November 24, 2020). 

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