An Iranian government spokesman on Saturday described as a “cowardly attack” an incident that Iranian media have called the apparent targeting by missiles of an Iranian-owned oil tanker, and said Iran would respond after the facts had been studied. The tanker Sabiti was hit in Red Sea waters off ...
The ship suffered damage, according to Iranian news outlets, which initially reported a missile attack but later backtracked./ A picture released on Friday by Iranian state television of what it said was the Iranian crude oil tanker Sabiti in the Red Sea./ Explosions rocked an Iranian oil tanker ...
was rocked by a pair of missiles Friday, briefly causing an oil leak and more broadly threatening to further inflame fraught regional tensions between the two heavyweight Muslim nations./ Iranian state television reported the explosions damaged two storerooms aboard the oil tanker – which is ...
An Iranian government spokesman on Saturday described as a “cowardly attack” an incident that Iranian media have called the apparent targeting by missiles of an Iranian-owned oil tanker, and said Iran would respond after the facts had been studied./ An undated picture shows the Iranian-owned ...
Defense Secretary Mark Esper announces the deployment of two more fighter squadrons to Saudi Arabia in response to the growing threat from Iran./ , as well as several dozen fighter jets and other air defense implements, will be sent to to help protect the Kingdom amid heightened tensions with/ ...
This photo released by the official news agency of the Iranian Oil Ministry, SHANA, shows Iranian oil tanker Sabiti traveling through the Red Sea on Friday. Iran says two missiles struck the tanker./ This photo released by the official news agency of the Iranian Oil Ministry, SHANA, shows ...
oil tanker on Friday about 60 miles off the coast of/ The tanker, which is owned by the National Iranian Oil Company, suffered serious damage, the semi-official ISNA news agency, reported, according to Reuters. The tanker is located on the Red Sea near the port in Jeddah./ There was no immediate ...
An oil tanker belonging to the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) was hit and damaged by two missiles, Iranian state news IRNA reported. CNN's Frederik Pleitgen has more.
An Iranian-owned oil tanker was struck by two missiles off the Saudi port of Jeddah on Friday, Iranian state television reported, quoting the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) which owns the vessel. The tanker was set ablaze and suffered heavy damage and was leaking crude about 60 miles (96 ...
An explosion set ablaze an Iranian oil tanker off the Saudi port city of Jeddah, Iranian state media reported on Friday, adding that experts suspected it was a “terrorist attack”. The tanker, owned by National Iranian Oil Company, had suffered heavy damage and was leaking oil into the Red Sea ...
This photo released by the official news agency of the Iranian Oil Ministry, SHANA, shows Iranian oil tanker Sabiti traveling through the Red Sea Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. Two missiles struck the Iranian tanker Sabiti traveling through the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia on Friday, Iranian ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Latest on developments in the Persian Gulf (all times local): Iran's state-run news agency says two rockets struck an Iranian oil tanker off the coast of Saudi Arabia. IRNA quoted a statement from Iran's national oil tanker firm as saying an attack targeted a tanker it ...
The reported explosion comes after the U.S. alleged that in past months Iran attacked oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz./ TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An explosion damaged an Iranian oil tanker traveling through the Red Sea near Saudi Arabia on Friday, Iranian media reported. There was no immediate ...
A picture released by Iranian state television network IRIB on Thursday reportedly shows the Iranian crude oil tanker Sabiti sailing in the Red Sea. (IRIB TV/AFP/Getty Images/Irib Tv/Afp Via Getty Images)/ Middle East reporter covering Iran, Turkey, Syria and the wider region/ ISTANBUL — ...
DUBAI, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Leakage of cargo from an Iranian-owned oil tanker apparently hit by missiles in Red Sea waters off Saudi Arabia has been stopped as it heads for the Gulf, the semi-official Iranian news agency Mehr reported on Saturday. The tanker Sabiti was targeted on Friday, Iranian ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Four ships, including the Saudi vessel Amjad (pictured above), were sabotaged earlier this year An explosion has caused a fire on an Iranian tanker near the coast of Saudi Arabia, Iranian media say. The vessel, belonging to Iran's national ...
An Iranian-owned oil tanker was struck, probably by missiles, in the Red Sea off Saudi Arabia’s coast on Friday, Iranian media said, an incident that if confirmed will stoke tension in a region rattled by attacks on tankers and oil sites since May./ The Sabiti was hit in the morning about 60 ...
An explosion has set an Iranian oil tanker on fire near the Saudi port city of Jeddah, Iran’s Students News Agency ISNA reported on Friday, adding that experts believed it was a “terrorist attack”. An explosion in an oil tanker that belongs to National Iranian Oil Company has set the vessel on ...
RIA/ MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia’s foreign ministry on Friday said it was too early to assign blame for an explosion on an Iranian oil tanker in the Red Sea near Saudi Arabia, the RIA news agency reported. Iranian state television earlier reported that the tanker had been hit by two missiles off ...
Iran’s foreign ministry confirmed that the Iranian-owned oil tanker Sabiti had been attacked in the Red Sea on Friday and was damaged, state TV reported. “Those behind the attack are responsible for the consequences of this dangerous adventure, including the dangerous environmental pollution ...
An Iranian tanker, which Iran’s oil company said was hit by missiles in the Red Sea, is headed towards Iran’s Larak port in the Gulf, Refinitiv shipping data showed on Friday. The status of the Sabiti oil tanker was “underway using engine” with its destination set as Larak, an island off the ...
Iran’s foreign ministry confirmed that an Iranian oil tanker was hit twice in the Red Sea on Wednesday, state TV reported, saying the Iran-owned Sabiti tanker was damaged. “Those behind the attack are responsible for the consequences of this dangerous adventure, including the dangerous ...
Would Jordan provide security inside Gaza? The country's king explains his answer to BBC Panorama/ Countries would reject being asked to "enforce" peace in Gaza if deployed under the Trump ceasefire plan, King Abdullah of Jordan has told the BBC. "What is the mandate of security forces inside of ...
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