Germany's Defense Ministry announced on Thursday that it will withdraw two ships from the Red Sea region to the Mediterranean Sea 'in the coming days,' while Britain condemned attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on Saudi cargo ships.

A spokesman for the German Defense Ministry confirmed to AFP that the minesweeper 'Fulda' and the supply ship 'Mosel' are currently in Djibouti.

Mission in the Strait of Hormuz

The two ships were sent last month to participate in a potential mission in the Strait of Hormuz following the end of the war between the United States and Iran.

But the German Defense Ministry explained that they would be relocated, citing 'the volatile political situation... and the lack of any expected start of operations in the near future' in Hormuz.

It added that keeping the two ships in the region indefinitely 'would place a burden on their technical systems.'

The German Defense Ministry stated that the two ships will remain 'in a state of readiness for deployment' and will return to the region 'as soon as reliable indications of an imminent start of the mission are available.'

Meanwhile, Britain strongly condemned on Thursday the attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on Saudi cargo ships, which led to a significant rise in oil prices.

The British Foreign Office said in a statement that 'these reckless actions endanger lives, threaten an environmental catastrophe, and threaten regional stability, in flagrant violation of international law.'

It added on platform X, 'We stand in solidarity with Saudi Arabia and urge the Houthis to stop' launching attacks.

The conflict between Iran and the United States has escalated in recent days, and the Iranian-backed Ansar Allah Houthi group launched an attack on Thursday from areas under its control in Yemen targeting two Saudi ships in the Red Sea.

Houthi Attacks in the Red Sea

The Houthi group said its forces launched attacks with missiles and drones on two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, identifying the tankers as Insilia and Laila.

A maritime security source said Insilia sent a distress call and reported being targeted by a missile near the Saudi port of Jazan in the Red Sea late Wednesday.

The Saudi Press Agency reported that the tanker Insilia was targeted, causing a fire to break out at the front of the ship. Trump referred to two attacks targeting two Saudi tankers.

The Houthi attacks could lead to the closure of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, vital for navigation from the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, which is the second most important passage for energy shipments in the world after the Strait of Hormuz.