Oil prices rose after Yemen’s ⁠Iran-aligned Houthi ​rebels said they targeted a Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea as part of their naval blockade of Saudi Arabia. The Houthis said they had ​launched a missile attack on a Saudi ‌oil tanker off the coast ‌of Yanbu, a key port for Saudi crude oil exports. Nine Saudi oil tankers have been targeted since the start of the blockade last month, according to figures given by a Houthi military spokesman. The Houthis said they had ​launched a missile attack on a Saudi ‌oil tanker off the coast ‌of Yanbu, a key port for Saudi crude oil exports. As we reported earlier, Iran has said its talks with Oman to reopen the strait of Hormuz were progressing “positively”.