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2022-10-23 Arabia
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Yemeni rebel drones target Greek ship in government-run port
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[An Nahar] Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
's Iran-backed rebels said they targeted a fat merchantman Friday off an oil terminal in the war-wrecked Arab country's south to prevent pro-government forces from using it for oil exports. A Greek company owning the Marshall Islands-flagged tanker said it sustained no damage in the attack by explosive-laden drones.
The attack apparently targeting the Nissos Kea marks the first announced military action since a truce between the country's warring sides expired earlier this month. It also again signals potential danger for fat merchantmen that pass by or stop in Yemen.
The attack happened in Ash Shihr, Yemen, near the city of Mukalla, some 585 kilometers (360 miles) east of the rebel-held capital of Sanaa in territory held by pro-government forces for years.
The Nissos Kea's owner, Athens-based Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp., said there were "two drone-driven explosions in close proximity" as it tried to load at the port. Ash Shihr's port has a crude oil pipeline at it that has a capacity of 300,000 barrels a day.
"Neither explosion impacted the vessel. All crew is safe and unharmed," the company said. "There was no damage to the vessel and no pollution."
Satellite data analyzed by The News Agency that Dare Not be Named showed the Nissos Kea far off Yemen's coast in the Gulf of Aden in international water and sailing away toward Oman on Saturday.
The British military's United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, which monitors Mideast sea traffic, acknowledged "an incident" off Ash Shihr on Friday, but only said the ship and its crew were safe. The U.S. Navy's Mideast-based 5th Fleet said it was aware of the attack, but declined to comment further.
The Iran's Houthi sock puppets
 ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth . Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
s called the attack a "warning strike."
The government denounced the attack and said "all options are open in dealing with this terrorist action," and warned it could negatively affect any further peace talks.
It also said Friday's strike was the third in recent days by Houthi drones on shipping in their territory, after another ship was targeted on Tuesday and Wednesday night in the port of Radoum, in the central part of Yemen's coast on the Gulf of Aden. International authorities have not previously acknowledged those strikes.
War has raged since 2014 in Yemen between the Houthi rebels and pro-government forces, backed by a coalition of Sunni Gulf Arab states.
The Iran-backed Houthis swept down from the mountains in 2014, occupied northern Yemen and the country's capital and forced the internationally recognized government to flee into exile to Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
Since then, more than 150,000 people have been killed in the violence and 3 million have been displaced. Two-thirds of the population receives food assistance.
The initial, two-month truce agreed to on April 2 by the government and the Houthis was extended twice, until Oct. 2. Since then, both the United States and the United Nations
...the Oyster Bay money pit...
have blamed the Houthis for a breakdown in efforts to extend the cease-fire yet again.
One of the main obstacles to a truce is the use of Yemen's resources. The Houthis maintain that oil produced in Yemen should not be allowed to be exported by the cash-strapped government side.
Greek ship cancels plans to steal Yemeni oil following Yemeni warning missile strike
[HODHODYEMENNEWS] Foreign ships on Saturday canceled contracts to smuggle Yemeni oil, in the wake of a warning attack by Sanaa, which targeted the main export ports in eastern Yemen.
Southern media, quoting a statement of the government loyal to the Saudi-led coalition, revealed that a Greek ship called "Marna Konbas" refused to smuggle a new shipment and retreated from near al-Dhaba oil port of Hadramout
...the formerly independent Qu'aiti state and sultanate, annexed by Communist South Yemen in 1968, encompassing a region along the Gulf of Aden, extending eastwards to the borders of the Dhofar region of Oman. The people are called Hadhramis and speak Hadhrami Arabic. The city Tarimis is estimated to contain the highest concentration of descendants of the Prophet Muhammad (PTUI) anywhere in the world, approximately seven in every square yard...
The statement issued by the Ministry of Oil and Minerals indicated that the pro-coalition government is facing a new dilemma related to oil smuggling.
The Greek ship’s refusal to smuggle a new shipment reflects the extent of the fears from targeting in the wake of the warning attacks.
South Korean oil tanker withdraws from Yemeni waters following warning strike by National Salvation Government forces
[HODHODYEMENNEWS] The National Salvation Government of Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
has on Saturday received a notification from a South Korean oil tanker with the confirmation that it had officially left Yemeni territorial waters.
Media, quoting navigational sources, reported that the ship Tissos Kia, which came from a South Korean port and was about to enter al-Dhaba port in order to smuggle Yemeni oil purchased from the Saudi-led occupation, informed the Yemeni Coast Guard that it had retreated to international waters.
The sources noted that the ship had previously refused to respond before the recent Yemeni warning attack on al-Dhaba port.
The Yemeni Armed Forces had carried out a warning attack that hit near a ship as it approached al-Dhaba oil port in Hadhramaut province, eastern Yemen.
According to the Spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Sare’e, the attack came after the ship had ignored official warnings from Sana’a as part of a strategy to prevent the looting of Yemeni oil. 
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