Yemen’s Houthi rebels have released footage showing that they boarded and intentionally set explosives aboard a Greek-flagged tanker that was earlier abandoned after they repeatedly attacked it, putting the Red Sea at risk of a major oil spill. The Houthis chanted their group’s motto as they set explosives detonated aboard the oil tanker Sounion: “God is the greatest; death to America; death to Israel; curse the Jews; victory to Islam.” The Sounion carried some 1 million barrels of oil when the Houthis initially attacked it last week. Since then, the West and the United Nations have warned that any oil spill from the Sounion could devastate coral reefs and wildlife that call the Red Sea home.
