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The Saudi-led military coalition said on Monday that Yemen had seized a vessel towing a South Korean drilling rig at the south end of the Red Sea.
Coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki said in a statement carried on Saudi state media that the vessel was seized late on Sunday by the Yemeni army and popular committees. He did not say how many crew members were on board the ship.
A senior Yemeni official told Reuters afterwards that the army had seized a "suspect vessel" in the Red Sea and that the crew were being treated well.
"Yemeni coast guards...are checking to see whether (the ship) belongs to the countries of aggression or to South Korea, in which case it will be released after completing legal procedures," said Mohammed Ali al-Houthi.
The coalition spokesman said the seizure of the ship was a "terrorist operation" that posed a threat to the freedom of international navigation and world trade.
The Saudi-led alliance intervened in Yemen in March 2015 against the Houthis.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
