A salvage operation to recover a Greek-registered oil tanker stranded ablaze in the Red Sea after an attack by Houthi militants is expected to start in the coming days, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Friday.

The Sounion, which the Houthis and maritime sources have said has been rigged with explosives, is laden with about 1-million barrels of crude oil...

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