Houthis Say Tugs Can Tow Away Stricken Red Sea Oil Tanker
Fires onboard the Sounion.
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Yemen’s Houthi militants said they’ll let tugboats tow away an oil tanker that they attacked last week in the Red Sea, a step that might help avert an environmental disaster.
The 900-foot Sounion was hauling 150,000 tons of dense Iraqi crude oil when it was struck. The vessel’s crew was rescued by the French navy but the Pentagon said this week that it was leaking.