A photo provided by Saudi Aramco on Apr 1, 2020, shows Aramco tankers being loaded with oil at an undisclosed sea location. RIYADH: An explosion rocked a Greek-operated tanker docked at Saudi Arabia's Red Sea port of Shuqaiq on Wednesday , Greek officials said, in an attack that a Riyadh-led military coalition blamed on Yemeni rebels.
An investigation was underway after Saudi authorities, including the coast guard, boarded the stricken vessel, it added. "The hostile acts of the Huthi militia threaten shipping lanes and global trade," the coalition said, without offering details.But the incident comes as the Iran-backed rebels step up attacks on neighbouring Saudi Arabia in retaliation for a five-year military campaign led by the kingdom in Yemen.
"Vessels transiting the Red Sea area are reminded that regional conflicts exist whereby there is a realistic possibility that vessels of Saudi flag and those calling at southern Saudi ports are at moderate risk," Dryad Global said in a report. The attack on Jeddah, which lies some 600 kilometres from the Yemen frontier, is an indication of the rebels' advancing arsenal.
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