Salvage complete of tanker at center of oil spill scare after being hit by Houthi rebels in Red Sea
- An oil tanker named Sounion has been salvaged after being attacked by Yemen's Houthis, which threatened a massive oil spill in the Red Sea.
- The Houthis attacked the Sounion with small arms fire, projectiles, and a drone boat on Aug. 21, 2023, leading to a rescue by a French destroyer.
- The U.S. State Department warned that a spill from the Sounion would have been four times the size of the Exxon Valdez disaster in 1989 off Alaska.
- The Houthis have targeted about 100 merchant vessels since the war in Gaza started in October 2023, maintaining that they target ships linked to Israel, the U.S., or the U.K.
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