Houthis Claim Strikes on 2 Saudi Oil Tankers in Red Sea - The New York Times
Houthis Claim Strikes on 2 Saudi Oil Tankers in Red Sea - The New York Times
Source: The New York Times
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DW NOTE
The Houthis have spent a decade turning from a Yemeni insurgency into Iran's maritime interdiction arm. Saudi tankers in the Red Sea are a predictable target — they were hitting them in 2019 before anyone cared. What's changed is the supply context: with 10.1 to 14 million barrels per day already off the market from the Hormuz disruption, even marginal attacks on alternative export routes move prices.