The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces says the naval units have attacked a ship affiliated with Saudi Arabia as part of a maritime campaign in retaliation for the Riyadh regime’s ongoing aggression and all-out blockade against their homeland.
Delivering a televised speech broadcast live from the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, on Wednesday evening, Brigadier General Yahya Saree said the Yemeni forces had targeted the Daisy oil tanker with a ballistic missile as it was sailing in the Gulf of Aden.
He added that the ship was precisely struck, sustained damage, and had to turn back.
Saree said the attack comes within the framework of enforcing the maritime blockade against the Saudi enemy, and is in accordance with the principle of “blockade for blockade.”
The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces reiterated that the military units are closely monitoring all movements of Saudi oil tankers, and will not allow any vessel to pass through either the southern or northern tip of the Red Sea, until the legitimate demands of the Yemeni nation are met and the blockade is completely lifted.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Yemeni army announced it had struck the Saudi oil tanker Wafaa with several ballistic missiles in the northern Red Sea off the coast of Yanbu.
The Yemeni military spokesperson said in a statement on X that the missiles hit the tanker accurately.
On July 20, the Sana’a government announced a maritime blockade against Saudi Arabia, saying authorities in Riyadh have imposed “an unjust and oppressive siege” on Yemen for nearly 12 years, “plundering our resources and implementing a complete blockade.”
Subsequently, the Yemeni Armed Forces stated that they have carried out strikes against Saudi vessels in the Red Sea.
Since March 2015, Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies have imposed a blockade on Yemen, initiating a comprehensive war, supported militarily, politically, and logistically by the United States and certain Western countries.
The war has killed tens of thousands of Yemenis, and yet Saudi Arabia has failed to achieve its primary goal of reinstating Yemen’s previous regime that was aligned with Riyadh.
After a tenuous ceasefire brokered by the UN in 2022, the United States, Britain, and the Israeli regime launched multiple aggressive actions against Yemen.
These assaults aimed to undermine Sana’a’s ability to conduct solidarity strikes against Israeli targets in retaliation for Tel Aviv’s genocidal campaign in the Gaza Strip.
