Houthi WBIED Destroyed Targeting Oil Tanker, Mocha, Yemen
Issued: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Date Reference Region Category Aggressors Source
2026-08-07 00:01:00 CWD Notification 006- (Aug 26) Indian Ocean OSINT Military Open source
Open-source have reported that Yemen's National Resistance Forces destroyed an explosives-laden Houthi boat that was attempting to target an oil tanker in the Red Sea off Mocha, Yemen (exact time and location not specified). According to Yemen's state-run Al-Yemen TV, naval forces intercepted the boat as it travelled at unusually high speed toward a restricted area off the Mocha power station before destroying it. Mocha port Director disclosed that the Houthis targeted a commercial ship with an explosive-laden gunboat.
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