An oil tanker that had been burning for weeks in the Red Sea after being attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels has been successfully salvaged, a security firm confirmed on Friday. The tanker, named Sounion, was carrying 1 million barrels of crude oil when it was struck and sabotaged by the Iranian-backed Houthis as part of their campaign related to the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza.
It took months for salvagers, along with a European naval force and private security firm Ambrey, to extinguish the fires, patch the cargo tanks, and offload the remaining crude oil. The vessel was then towed north to Suez for the removal of its cargo, which has now been completed.
