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Houthi threats cause 9 tankers to reroute to Saudi Arabia
Al Jazeera Agency confirmed that the Houthi group in Yemen imposed a blockade on navigation in the Red Sea, which led to nine ships being turned back, including seven oil tankers heading towards Bab al-Mandeb, before they retracted this measure. The amount of oil carried by the returning tankers was approximately 6 million barrels, including over 215,000 barrels of Saudi oil. These ships flew the flags of Hong Kong and Singapore and were operated by Chinese companies. These actions came as part of the Houthis’ threat to target ships that do not comply with the blockade, causing significant disruption to Saudi oil flows, which exceeded 4 million barrels per day in June. This has made the Bab al-Mandeb Strait a major alternative route for oil exports, alongside threats to global vital maritime corridors and warnings from the Arab coalition about intervening to protect the ships.
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