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Houthis: Operation to prevent major Red Sea oil spill under way

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Greek -owned and flagged MV Sounion was attacked by Houthi rebels off the coast of Oman .

Private companies will attempt to salvage the vessel, which has potential to trigger one of the largest ever oil leaks from a tanker.

The Houthis have targeted several ships in the Red Sea over the last 10 months , a campaign which the Iran -backed group says is in support of Hamas in Gaza .

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formal

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English

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