The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen accused the Houthis on Monday of “hijacking” an Emirati-flagged vessel in the Red Sea that it claimed was carrying medical supplies but which the rebels described as a military cargo ship.
“The cargo ship Rawabi sailing under the flag of the United Arab Emirates was targeted through piracy and hijacking while sailing off the coast of al-Hodeidah governorate,” coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency.
