Yemen’s Houthi rebel group has claimed responsibility for attacks on a Saudi warship and a weapons depot. However, Saudi Arabia has not yet officially confirmed the attacks.

In a statement posted on Telegram on Monday (August 17), Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree said that several ballistic missiles struck a Saudi amphibious transport ship and several other naval vessels accompanying it.

Describing the missile strikes as “accurate and precise,” Saree claimed that several ships sank while others caught fire following the attacks.

The Houthi spokesperson also said that the group carried out a drone attack on a Saudi weapons depot located at the Sahn al-Jin military camp in Yemen’s central-eastern Marib province.

In 2014, the Iran-backed Houthi group seized Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, and large parts of the country. This was followed by years of deadly fighting between the Houthis and Yemeni government forces backed by a Saudi-led coalition.

Since the outbreak of the Israel-Gaza conflict in 2023, the Houthis have become involved in the wider regional conflict by launching missile attacks in the Red Sea targeting Israel and commercial vessels linked to Israel.

Source: Anadolu Agency