Houthis Force Eight Saudi Oil Tankers to Reroute Through Cape of Good Hope

The Houthi group in Yemen has claimed that eight Saudi oil tankers were forced to reroute from the Bab al-Mandab Strait to the Cape of Good Hope due to its maritime blockade.

Houthi military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, stated on US social media company X that this diversion is part of their blockade imposed on Saudi Arabian vessels.

The move comes amid escalating threats to commercial shipping in the Red Sea after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi group declared a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia on July 20 and subsequently claimed attacks on Saudi-linked vessels.