Yemen’s rebel Ansar Allah (Houthi) movement has confirmed that the the Sounion tanker, which sustained damaged in an attack in the Red Sea, can be towed, Paralel.Az reports citing TASS.

"After several international organizations, especially European ones, contacted us, they were allowed to tow the burning Sounion oil tanker," Ansar Allah spokesman Muhammad Abdel Salam wrote on his X page.

Iran's mission to the UN said earlier that the Houthis had agreed to a temporary ceasefire to allow the towing of the Sounion tanker as it poses a potential environmental threat.

Abdel Salam stressed however that the attack on the tanker confirms the Houthis’ strong intent to continue attacking commercial ships linked with Israel until it stops its "aggression against the Gaza Strip" and lifts the blockade of the enclave.