Sanaa forces target Saudi oil tanker ‘Daisy’ in Gulf of Aden

SANAA, Aug. 05 (YPA) – Sanaa forces announced on Wednesday that they targeted the Saudi oil tanker “Daisy” in the Gulf of Aden with a ballistic missile, claiming a direct hit that forced the vessel to turn back.

Brigadier General Yahya Sarie, official spokesman for the Sanaa forces, stated that the strike comes within the framework of enforcing a naval blockade on the “Saudi enemy,” operating under the equation of “blockade-for-blockade.”

Sarie emphasized that the armed forces are closely monitoring all Saudi oil tanker movements, adding that Yemeni forces will not allow any such vessel to pass through either the southern or northern Red Sea until the “legitimate demands of the Yemeni people are met and the blockade is fully lifted.”

The incident comes hours after Sanaa forces reported conducting a military operation targeting another Saudi oil tanker, the “Wafa,” off the coast of Yanbu in the northern Red Sea using multiple ballistic missiles, also claiming a direct hit under the same “blockade-for-blockade” principle.

YPA