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The armed Houthi movement attacked a Saudi warship off the western coast of Yemen on Monday, causing an explosion that killed two crew members and injured three others, Saudi state news agency SPA reported.
Video shows a warship being hit and a fire on board starting as a man not shown in the video shouts the rebels’ trademark chant of “Allahu akbar (God is greatest), death to America, death to Israel, a curse on the Jews and victory for Islam.”
Watch: Houthi rebel boats attack Saudi frigate in Red Sea


Separately, the Houthis said they launched a ballistic missile at a Saudi-led coalition military base on the Red Sea island of Zuqar between Yemen and Eritrea on Tuesday morning, according to the group’s official news channel al-Masira.
There was no immediate coalition reaction to that claim and it was unclear if there were any casualties.


Riyadh accuses Iran of arming the Houthis, a charge Tehran denies.
The attacks signal an escalation to weeks of combat on Yemen’s western coast between the Iran-allied Houthis and the coalition backing Yemen’s internationally recognised government.
“A Saudi frigate on patrol west of Hodeidah port came under attack from three suicide boats belonging to the Houthi militias,” the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said in a statement on SPA.
UN report slams Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen, citing possible war crimes by both sides
One of the boats collided with the rear of the vessel, causing an explosion and a fire that killed two crew members and wounded three others. The frigate was able to resume its patrol.
The Houthi movement’s al-Masira channel contradicted this account and quoted a military source saying the explosion was caused by a guided missile.

It was at least the second attack by the Houthis on ships off the coast of Yemen in the last six months.
The group is engaged in battles on the mainland with coalition troops and pro-government fighters, who are trying to advance northward to deprive the Houthis of Red Sea ports.
The Saudi-led coalition warned the attack on the ship “would impact international navigation and the flow of humanitarian assistance to the port for Yemeni citizens.”
Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Arab allies have carried out thousands of bombing raids in Yemen since March 2015 in a campaign to try to restore the ousted administration government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
Additional reporting by Agence France-Presse


The moment Yemen Houthis launch attack on Saudi warship with suicide boats

Black smoke rises from what is believed to be a Saudi warship after an explosion, off the western coast of Yemen in this still frame taken from video posted by Houthi-run al-Masirah television on their social media website, and obtained by Reuters on January 31, 2017. Al-Masirah/Handout via Reuters Tv ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE. YEMEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN YEMEN. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE.

Two Saudi sailors were killed during a Yemeni rebel boat attack in the Red Sea, the Saudi-led coalition said Monday, reporting a rare naval engagement in its nearly two-year war. Photo: Reuters

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