UAE says Iranian missiles struck oil tankers in Strait of Hormuz, one sailor killed
The ministry said 8 crew members were injured, including 4 seriously, and fires caused material damage to both tankers.
- On Tuesday, Iranian cruise missiles targeted two UAE-flagged tankers, the Mombasa and Bahiyah, in the Strait of Hormuz, killing one Indian crew member and injuring eight others.
- President Donald Trump's Monday announcement reinstating a blockade of Iranian shipping in the Gulf complicates an interim agreement signed last month to reopen the Strait.
- Separately, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reported a tanker struck 40 nautical miles northeast of Qalhat, Oman, amid instability threatening daily transit of more than 15 million barrels of fuel worth at least $1.2 billion.
- The United Arab Emirates Ministry condemned the "blatant attack," stating it retains "its full right to respond to this escalation" after six Indian nationals and two Ukrainian nationals were injured.
- Trump warned that United States forces would hit Iran "very hard" in the coming hours, as the conflict spreads across the Gulf with Iran attacking bases in multiple countries.
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Two UAE Tankers Attacked Bringing Fresh Risk to Hormuz Flows
Two United Arab Emirates-linked supertankers came under attack while sailing “dark” through the Strait of Hormuz, threatening one of the main methods of getting non-Iranian crude to the global market during the war.
The confrontation between Iran and the United States is intensifying around the Strait of Hormuz. Washington launched a third consecutive night of airstrikes, while two Emirati oil tankers were hit by missiles attributed to Tehran, killing one and wounding eight. Source link: https://www.linternaute.com/actualite/monde/9970081-guerre-en-iran-nouvelles-frappes-americaines-et-attaques-contre-des-petroliers-dans-le-detroit-dormuz/ Author: Editorial…
Fears of a further escalation between the United States and Iran were revived during the night of Monday to Tuesday, following further American strikes in Iran and Iranian bombings of several oil tankers in the Strait of Ormuz.
Iran Attacks Two UAE Tankers, Killing 1 Indian Crew Member & Injuring 8 Others
Image for representation purposes only Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) admitted to attacking and disabling two oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, citing involvement in illegal activities such as switching off their navigation systems and ignoring repeated warnings from Iranian authorities. Iran made this statement hours after the UAE blamed it for launching cruise missiles on two of its national tankers, named Mombasa, an oil t…
One Indian crew member died and eight others were injured when two oil tankers from the United Arab Emirates were hit by Iranian cruise missiles in the Strait of Ormuz, the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Defense informed on Tuesday, in the latest episode of escalation in the strategic waterway.
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