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Houthis Strike Saudi Oil Tanker in Red Sea Amid Hormuz Talks

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Houthis Strike Saudi Oil Tanker in Red Sea Amid Hormuz Talks

🚢 RED SEA — Houthis hit a Saudi tanker while Oman brokers Hormuz peace. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Jazan refinery fire already burns; now a tanker hit confirms the Red Sea front is active and escalating in parallel to Thursday's diplomacy. Saudi Arabia cannot stay in Oman's mediation framework while absorbing simultaneous strikes on oil infrastructure. Riyadh's exit from the Gulf consensus behind Hormuz's fee formula collapses Tehran's diplomatic cover before Trump speaks.

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