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Attacked Oil Tanker Sounion in Safe Harbor

» Published: 16 September 2024

Attacked Oil Tanker Sounion in Safe Harbor
Photo: EU Aspides via AP/TT

The oil tanker Sounion, which was attacked and set on fire by the Houthi movement in the Red Sea, has now been towed to a safe harbor.

The Greek-flagged vessel was attacked by the Iran-backed militant group off the coast of Yemen in August. The Red Sea, Aspides, warned that the ship's 150,000 liters of crude oil would leak into the sea.

The Yemeni, militant Houthi movement initially refused to allow a salvage operation, but later agreed to let the ship be taken away.

The salvage operation began on Saturday, and by Monday, the ship had been brought to safety.

The ship was towed northwards in the Red Sea on Saturday, accompanied by military vessels. Sounion was originally on its way from Iraq to a port near Athens in Greece.

The Houthi movement has attacked military and civilian vessels in the Red Sea, in "solidarity with the inhabitants of Gaza" according to the movement's statements.

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