Houthis claim attack on oil tankers as US launches more strikes on Iran

Citing an unnamed official source at the Transport General Authority, it described the attack as a violation of international law. All crew were safe, it reported.UK Maritime Trade Operation (UKMTO) reported an "unknown projectile" struck a Saudi tanker about 130km from Al Shuqaiq in Saudi Arabia at 20:00 GMT. The attack caused a fire but no casualties, it said.British maritime risk management group Vanguard also reported that the Saudi tanker Encelia had been hit. US Central Command (Centcom) said at 21:30 GMT it had launched strikes at Trump's direction "to further degrade Iran's ability to threaten civilian mariners and commercial vessels transiting regional waters".The strikes targeted "Iranian military targets including maritime capabilities, missile and drone storage facilities, coastal surveillance sites, and air defense assets," it said.Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain soon reported responding to airborne threats, before Iran's military said they had targeted US assets in all three countries, according to AFP.Iranian state media reported two people had been killed in US strikes on the country's south near its border with Iraq. Meanwhile, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) said the Strait of Hormuz was "completely closed" after an explosion in the channel, Iranian state media reported.