Yemen's Houthis say they had struck a Saudi oil tanker, the "Wafa," with ballistic missiles in the northern Red Sea off Yanbu, claiming a direct hit.

NEW: Yemen's Houthis say they had struck a Saudi oil tanker, the "Wafa," with ballistic missiles in the northern Red Sea off Yanbu, claiming a direct hit. It was the eighth Saudi oil tanker the Houthis have targeted since the blockade began on July 22, and they claimed to have forced 29 other Saudi tankers to turn back in the Red and Arabian Seas.