The European Union's mission in the Red Sea, known as Aspides, said on Wednesday there was no oil spill in the area of the MV SOUNION tanker that was targeted recently off Yemen's coast.
The MV SOUNION was targeted last week by multiple projectiles off Yemen's port city of Hodeidah © Mena Today
The European Union's mission in the Red Sea, known as Aspides, said on Wednesday there was no oil spill in the area of the MV SOUNION tanker that was targeted recently off Yemen's coast.
Aspides added that the Greek-flagged oil tanker was still anchored and not drifting.
The Pentagon said on Tuesday the tanker was still on fire in the Red Sea and appeared to be leaking oil.
Reuters couldn't immediately confirm that a spill or a leak had occurred.
Asked about the Pentagon statement, a source in the EU mission told Reuters: "It is our policy not to comment on statements or comments of other organisations".
The MV SOUNION was targeted last week by multiple projectiles off Yemen's port city of Hodeidah.
Houthi militants, who control Yemen's most populous regions, said they attacked it. The Iran-aligned group has been attacking ships in solidarity with Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
By Jana Choukeir
Negotiating teams from the U.S. and Iran could return to Islamabad later this week, five sources said on Tuesday, days after the highest-level talks between the two countries in decades ended without a breakthrough.
The deadline passed on Monday for the start of a U.S. military blockade of ships leaving Iran's ports, and Tehran threatened to retaliate against ports of its Gulf neighbours after weekend talks on ending the war broke down.
Israeli troops launched an attack on Monday to seize a key town in south Lebanon from Hezbollah fighters holed up there, pressing the war on the Iran-backed group on the eve of rare talks between Israeli and Lebanese government envoys.
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