Saudi-led coalition seizes Yemen-bound fuel ship in violation of UN-brokered ceasefire

In this file picture, a coast guard walks past a ship docked at the Red Sea port of Hudaydah, Yemen. (Photo by Reuters)

The Saudi-led coalition forces have impounded an oil tanker bound for Yemen in flagrant breach of a UN-brokered ceasefire.

The Fos Power tanker, which was due to dock at Yemen’s western port of Hudaydah, was carrying 22,915 tons of mazut and 7,296 tons of diesel fuel, Essam al-Mutawakil, a spokesman for the Yemeni National Oil Company, said on Friday.

Mutawakil added that the ship was confiscated despite being inspected and cleared for the port by the United Nations staff.