Port or tanker
Layla oil tanker — claimed Houthi attack
22 July 2026
Red Sea (exact position not disclosed)
What happened
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree claimed that missiles and drones targeted the Saudi oil tanker Layla and caused a fire. Unlike the separately confirmed Encelia incident, the reviewed reporting did not contain independent or Saudi confirmation specific to Layla, so this marker remains reported rather than documented and is positioned only at an approximate Red Sea reference point.
When cited sources give different casualty, damage or spill figures for this event, they’re reported side by side above rather than merged into one number. See how confidence levels work.
- Evidence
- Reported / attributed
- Confidence
- Moderate
- Infrastructure
- Port or tanker
- Latitude
- 16.8000°
- Longitude
- 42.1000°
Attribution
Claimed by Yemen's Houthis
The claim was reported publicly, but independent vessel-specific confirmation was not found.