An oil tanker that burned for weeks in the Red Sea and threatened a massive oil spill has been “successfully” salvaged.

The MV Sounion carrying one million barrels of crude oil was struck in August and later sabotaged with explosives by the Houthis as part of their solidarity campaign with Hamas over the war in Gaza. V

An oil tanker that burned for weeks in the Red Sea after being attacked by Houthi rebels and threatening a massive oil spill has been salvaged, a security firm said Friday, after months of work.

The Yemen-based rebels pose a lingering threat, and some security analysts argue that their patrons in Tehran should be in Israel’s crosshairs.