RIYADH (Debriefer)--A cargo ship sustained minor damage after a naval mine planted by the Houthi group struck it in south of the Red Sea on Friday, a Saudi-UAE coalition fighting in Yemen said.
The explosion of the mine caused damage to the front of the ship, but there were no casualties, it said in a statement, without giving more details.
The coalition has been fighting the Houthis in support of Yemen's internationally recognised government since March 2015.
On Thursday, it revealed that it recently destroyed 175 Iranian-made sea mines of the Sadaf type that had been planted by the Houthis.
Earlier on Friday, the forces of the Yemeni government said they discovered 7 sea mines in west of the sea in the past 24 hours.
Two of the seven mines exploded last night after they struck a rock island and a third mine exploded at the Baklan island, a military source in the fifth army command said.
The other four were handed to the coalition to destroy them, the source said.
Last week, the US and the UK urged vessels to exercise caution when passing through the sea following recent attacks on oil tankers and cargo ships.