The Houthi rebel group's al-Masirah satellite news channel acknowledged the attack occurred, but offered no other comment on it as it aired a speech by its secretive leader, Abdul Malik al-Houthi.
Houthi rebes attack on Liberian flagged ship comes immediately after the US recalled its USS Dwight D. Eisenhower back home after an eight-month deployment in which it lead the American response to the Houthi assaults
The Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned-and-operated Tutor sank in the Red Sea, the British military's United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre said in a warning to sailors in the region.
BW Lesmes, a Singapore-flagged tanker that carries liquefied natural gas, suffered a mechanical malfunction Tuesday night and ran aground while transiting through the canal, said The Suez Canal authority