Centcom confirmed Yemen’s attack on the British oil tanker

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, the American Central Command confirmed on Sunday morning that the Yemeni army targeted the Marlin Luanda oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden with an anti-ship ballistic missile on Saturday.

Centcom’s statement said: “This attack led to a large fire on this ship carrying the flag of the Marshall Islands, which was extinguished with the help of the American, Indian and French navies.”

According to “Sputnik” news agency, the US military added: “There were no casualties in this attack and the ship is still navigable and has returned to its previous course”.

Previously, Brigadier Yahya Saree, the spokesman of the Yemeni armed forces, announced a missile attack on a British oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden on Saturday morning. The politician of Ansarullah movement also said on Sunday morning: “One of the British warships was directly targeted near the American ship.” (more details)

Yemen army, following the escalation of the Zionist regime’s attacks in the Gaza Strip, in support of the Palestinian people, no Zionist ships and ships destined for the occupied Palestinian territories are allowed to pass through the Bab al-Mandab strait. And he did not give the Red Sea and targets them.

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