Middle East live: Houthi rebels claim attacks on Saudi tankers in the Red Sea

Live Issued on: 23/07/2026 - 04:22Modified: 23/07/2026 - 04:24 Fireworks burst as Houthi supporters rally against the Saudi-led coalition in Sanaa, Yemen on July 20, 2026. © Osamah Abdulrahman, AP Iran-backed Houthi Yemeni rebels claimed attacks on Wednesday evening in the Red Sea against two Saudi oil tankers, while the United States continued its strikes against Iran. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced on Thursday that they had stopped three oil tankers trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments. Yesterday's key developments: • President Donald Trump ​attended a dignified transfer of remains ceremony at a military base in Delaware for four US service members killed in the Iran war. Of the four slain soldiers, three were killed in an Iranian missile attack on a military base in Jordan and another died in a separate incident in northern Iraq. • Trump threatened Iran's civilian infrastructure, warning that the US would destroy a bridge or power plant every time Tehran attacked shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. • US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked a US Senate committee for an additional 70 billion dollars to fund the war in Iran as Senators demanded explanations of the military's strategy. (FRANCE 24 with Reuters, AP and AFP) Keywords for this article