RIYADH – Yemen’s Huthi rebels have attacked a Saudi oil tanker in the RedSea, causing “minor damage” to the vessel, the Saudi-led coalition said onWednesday.

The kingdom’s Al-Ekhbariya television cited the coalition saying the oiltanker was “the target of a Huthi-Iranian terrorist attack”.

“The oil tanker sustained minor damage and the (Huthi) militias almostcaused an environmental catastrophe,” the coalition said.

The statement did not provide details on the name or size of the tanker.

Earlier, the pro-Huthi Al-Masirah television said that the rebels hadtargeted a Saudi warship named Al-Dammam, without providing further details.

Saudi Arabia intervened in Yemen in 2015 at the head of a militarycoalition backing the country’s government after Huthi rebels ousted itfrom the capital Aden the previous year. – APP/AFP