Oil tanker incident
NCC Ghazal
29 July 2026
Red Sea
What happened
Yemen's Houthis said they fired ballistic missiles at the Saudi-flagged oil tanker NCC Ghazal in the Red Sea. Military spokesperson Yahya Saree accused the vessel of violating the group's declared maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia and ignoring warning calls; the tanker was forced to turn back. The Houthis said they would continue enforcing the blockade as part of a strategy of "siege and escalation."
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.
- Vessel / facility
- Saudi-flagged oil tanker
- Cargo
- Not specified in cited reporting
- Attack
- Ballistic missile attack; tanker turned back
- Latitude
- 16.0000°
- Longitude
- 42.5000°
Attribution
Attributed to Yemen’s Houthis
The incident and the actor assessment are separately sourced below.
Approximate; reported en route through the southern Red Sea/Bab el-Mandeb corridor.
