Yemeni Joint Forces deny role in alleged attack on oil tanker in Bab el-Mandeb

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Yemeni joint Forces have dismissed any role in an alleged recent attack on an oil tanker off Yemen’s coast, describing the incident as a US plot to make the region insecure.

Saudi-led Coalition said on Thursday that a boat had fired three rocket-propelled grenades at the Marshall Islands-flagged tanker while the vessel was passing through the Bab el-Mandeb into the Red Sea on Wednesday.

The army`s spokesman, General Sharaf Juqman, said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on Tuesday, it is an attempt in line with US conspiracies to make Mandeb Strait insecure, he said, adding the waters are under the control of Saudi-US forces and they are responsible for any incident there.

Mohammed Al Houthi , the Head of Revolutionary Committee  “the US and its allies are seeking to create incidents that could be used as an excuse for their actions in Yemen, but such attempts are useless,”

The incident took place near Perim also called Mayyun, a volcanic island in the Bab el-Mandeb that has been controlled by Saudi forces since 2015.