RIYADH, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Saudi-led coalition announced on Thursday that Houthi militias have attacked an oil tanker in the Red Sea, Saudi Press Agency reported.

According to Al Arabiya local news correspondent, the militias fired rocket-propelled grenades at the tanker on Wednesday before breaking off their assault on the Marshall Islands-flagged tanker MT MUSKIE in the southern Bab al-Mandab Strait. The tanker is 70,362 tons deadweight.

The tanker was targeted in a strategic Red Sea waterway near Yemen through which transfers much of the world's oil.

Vessels near Yemen's southern coast have been attacked in recent months by Houthi militants. Nearly four million barrels of oil are shipped daily to Europe, the United States and Asia via the Bab al-Mandab, as well as other commercial goods.

The coalition that has been engaged in a war in Yemen for last three years renewed its warnings of the weapon and ammunition trafficking by Houthis to Yemen that endanger world navigation security. Enditem

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