Towing operation of damaged oil tanker targeted by Houthis begins

SANAA, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- An international technical team on Sunday began towing a damaged oil tanker targeted by Yemen's Houthis in the Red Sea last month, a Yemeni naval official told Xinhua.

"Tug boats have successfully attached to the Greek oil tanker MV SOUNION and it is currently being towed to a safe location," the official in the Yemeni Red Sea port city of Mocha said on condition of anonymity.