A missile launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels hit a Chinese tanker on Saturday 23/3 despite their assurances that they would not target Chinese ships. The relevant announcement was made by the headquarters of the American armed forces responsible for the Middle East region (US Central Command or CENTCOM). In particular, the Panamanian-flagged oil tanker Huang Pu – Chinese property, as underlined in the CENTCOM statement – was hit by a Houthi missile. A fire broke out, but it was extinguished within 30 minutes and the damage suffered by the tanker was limited, according to the same source. “No casualties were reported and the ship continued its journey,” the Athens News Agency reports citing Reuters. In the same statement, it is also stated that US forces intercepted six Houthi unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), five of which went down in the Red Sea and one returned to Yemen.
Source: News Beast
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