Houthi missile attack in Gulf of Aden, British oil tanker catches fire; US-Qatar phone call

According to Reuters, the Houthi forces in Yemen posted a video on January 26 claiming that their naval unit had carried out an operation targeting the British oil tanker Marlin Luanda in the Gulf of Aden, causing the ship to catch fire.

Houthis claim attack on British oil tanker. The Marlin Luanda is owned by UK-based company Oceonix Services. (Source: Twitter)

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea confirmed that they used “several appropriate naval missiles, the attack was directly aimed at the target”.

Earlier, AFP reported that British maritime risk management company Ambrey said on January 26 that a missile attack off the coast of Yemen had set a merchant ship on fire. The latest in a series of recent incidents that have disrupted global trade amid the Israel-Hamas conflict in the Middle East.

“Ambrey is aware of an ongoing incident” southeast of Aden, Ambrey said. “A merchant vessel has been hit by a ‘missile’, causing a fire. The crew is unharmed at this time.”

In another development, on January 26, the Qatari government office said that Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and US President Joe Biden had a phone call and discussed developments in the Gaza Strip and the occupied Palestinian territories.

According to the office, President Biden expressed appreciation for Qatar's diplomatic and humanitarian efforts regarding the situation in Gaza.

Also during the phone call, the White House said the two sides discussed efforts to free hostages being held by the Hamas Islamist movement.

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