An oil tanker, targeted by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, remains ablaze, posing a massive environmental threat with a million barrels of oil onboard. As attacks on shipping by the Iran-backed group persist, The Times correspondent Richard Spencer delves into the Houthi’s motives, while Yemen specialist and author Helen Lackner explores potential solutions to the crisis.

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Houthi attack could cause ‘environmental catastrophe’