The MV Delta Sounion, which was burning after the Yemen backed Houthi rebels attacked the vessel on August 21, was rescued in a three day effort, an EU Mission said.

A burning oil tanker that was attacked by Yemen’s Houthi movement has been towed to a safe area in the Red Sea without any spill, an EU naval mission says.

The Sounion reached waters away from Yemen as the Houthis meanwhile claimed that they shot down another American-made MQ-9 Reaper drone, with video circulating online showing what appeared to be a surface-to-air missile strike and flaming wreckage strewn across the ground.

European Union warships and salvage vessels have successfully towed a stricken Greek crude tanker to safe waters in the Red Sea. The European Union Naval Force’s EUNAVFOR Aspides operation said in a social media post on Monday that the Sounion is now in a “safe area”.

Salvors began towing the Greek-flagged tanker Sounion, still burning from attacks by Houthi militia in late August. The vessel became a symbol of civilian shipping targets that have led container

The operation has started to tow a Greek-registered oil tanker stranded in the Red Sea after an attack by Houthi militants last month, a shipping source told Reuters on Saturday.

The Sounion was attacked by Iran- backed Houthis rebels last month off the coast of Yemen. While its crew was rescued by a French ship, the rebels detonated explosives on the ship, raising fears of a massive oil spill.