src="/files/fa/news/es/Thumbnails/745a921f-8271-434a-adc8-1cc05fc701c3_260_199.png' class='img_convert' title='Saudi forces rescue passengers from vessel off Yemen' alt='Saudi forces rescue passengers from vessel off Yemen'>According to MANA, "General Command of the Armed Forces said one of its leased vessels suffered an incident in the Bab al-Mandab strait this morning during a return trip from a mission in Aden. No injures were caused," UAE state news agency WAM said in a statement.
In 2013, more than 3.4 million barrels of oil per day passed.
A senior Emirati commander was among dozens killed in a Tochka rocket strike in 2015 on an army camp near Bab al-Mandab.