On Thursday, Houthi militias targeted two Saudi oil tankers, threatening to disrupt a second route for global oil supplies amid Iran's near-complete closure of the Strait of Hormuz, in an escalation that drew widespread Arab and international condemnation.

Earlier, US President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened the Houthis and Iran with 'major military punishment'.

Trump said on his Truth Social platform that 'the United States will hold Iran responsible, considering the Houthis are a subsidiary and/or proxies of Iran, and will impose major military punishment on Iran, and of course on the Houthis themselves,' if they launch more attacks.

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