The chemical tanker is Norway-flagged, and its Norwegian owner, Mowinckel Chemical Tankers, and manager Hansa Tankers could not be immediately reached for comment outside office hours.
The internationally recognised government in Yemen has claimed that the attackers belonged to the Houthis with the support of Iran. When the US warship approached the attackers, they tried to flee via a small boat but were ultimately caught, according to the Central Command.
According to a report by The Times of Israel, the footage shows a helicopter landing on the vehicle carrier named the "Galaxy Leader", with several gunmen getting off and taking control of the ship.
The British-owned ship was linked to Israel and the Houthis promised to target ships in international waters that were linked to or owned by the country. Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu later denounced the incident and said that no Israelis were on board.
Denouncing the incident, the Israeli PM office said it strongly condemned the Iranian attack against an international vessel and added the ship is owned by a British company and is operated by a Japanese firm.
The Houthis attacked Israel with ballistic missiles and drones as per "demands of Yemeni people" for the latter's actions in Gaza. This was the third Houthi attack against Israel since the October 7 and threatens to expand the current conflict in the Middle East.
Cyclone Tej: The cyclonic storm is expected to further intensify due to favourable environmental conditions into a severe cyclonic storm on Sunday and move toward the south coasts of Oman and adjoining Yemen.
The Yemen Airways flight is bound to Jordan's capital of Amman, according to Houthi-run media.
While Saudi Arabia and its state-run oil behemoth Saudi Aramco did not immediately acknowledge the blaze, it appeared to be centered on the same fuel depot that the Houthis had attacked in recent days.
On March 7, a Yemen court had dismissed the appeal of Nimisha Priya in the murder case of Yemeni citizen Talal Abdo Mahdi, in which she, along with another person, is the prime accused.
The acknowledgement by the White House and Pentagon late Monday represent a widening American involvement in Yemen's yearslong war, a conflict that President Joe Biden declared nearly a year ago “has to end.”
The UAE’s state-run WAM news agency reported the interception, saying that “the attack did not result in any losses, as the remnants of the ballistic missile fell outside the populated areas.”
The minister, told The Associated Press in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, also held by the rebels, that he expects the number of those killed to rise since many of the wounded are seriously hurt. He says there would be updates on the death toll in the coming hours.
The UAE has been at war in Yemen since early 2015, and was a key member of the Saudi-led coalition that launched attacks against the Iranian-backed Houthis.
The Iran-backed Houthi militia has recently intensified cross-border missile and drone attacks.
The car bomb attack targeted motorcade of Aden's governor Ahmed Lamlas and other officials of Saudi-backed Yemeni govt, he said.
The officials said at least three explosions took place in the Al-Anad Air Base in the southern province of Lahj, which is held by the internationally recognized government. More than two dozen troops were wounded.
Heavy rains and flooding in Yemen have affected at least 28,000 people, according to initial estimates.
The runway on Mayun Island allows whoever controls it to project power into the strait and easily launch airstrikes into mainland Yemen, convulsed by a yearslong bloody war. It also provides a base for any operations into the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and nearby East Africa.
The US military's Central Command said it was "aware of media reporting of an incident involving the Saviz in the Red Sea."
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