Dubai – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards launched a new crackdown on the busiest sea route for fuel and commercial traffic. The Revolutionary Guards seized an oil tanker travelling through the Strait of Hormuz. This is the second incident that has occurred in this maritime area by Iran in the past week. The US Navy criticized Iran’s […]
Washington – US Air Force A-10 Warthogs aircraft have left for deployment in the Middle East. The planes are equipped with bunker-buster bombs that destroy mountain or underground bases, according to a leading US newspaper. The reason behind the new deployment is not clear. But Iran seized an oil tanker bound for Houston just two […]
Moscow: While imposing a price cap on Russian crude oil, the Western alliance, along with the European Union, has decided to stop seaborne imports of Russian crude oil. It came to light that Russia has created a ‘shadow fleet’ of more than 100 oil tankers to circumvent these sanctions imposed by the West. Leading UK […]
London: – The United Kingdom is preparing to teach Iran a lesson, after a British citizen was killed in a drone strike on the merchant ship ‘Mercer Street’. The British newspaper reported that it was considering using special forces to take an action directly against Iran’s drone command centre, launch cyberattacks or any other options. Earlier, the United States, Israel, Britain and Romania had discussed retaliation […]
London/Dubai – The British navy accused that a pro-Iranian group was behind the abduction- a failed attempt to hijack a fuel tanker from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Iran has said this is part of a psychological pressure tactic and the allegations against it are false. Last week, Iran was blamed for a drone strike […]
London: – An Israeli oil tanker, bound for the United Arab Emirates (UAE), was attacked near Oman. The British military group said the ship is owned by an Israeli businessman. The pirates are claimed to be behind the attack. But in the wake of rising tensions between Israel and Iran, the attack on the ship […]
Damascus: A mysterious blast occurred onboard an oil tanker off the Syrian port of Banias on Sunday. Hours before the tanker exploded, a major fire erupted at the largest fuel refinery in Syria’s Homs province. The fires at both places were doused successfully, a Syrian news channel reported. A major fuel crisis has been triggered […]
Tehran: Syrian Prime Minister Hussein Arnous accused that a terror attack was carried out on an Iranian oil tanker carrying oil to Syria, in the Red Sea marine region. The Syrian Prime Minister has not held anyone responsible for this attack. But Prime Minister Arnous criticised that this attack affected the oil supply to Syria. […]
Baghdad: – A plot to plant a mine on an oil tanker, in the Persian Gulf, and to blow it, was busted. After two days of efforts, the Iraqi Navy successfully dismantled the mine and rescued the sailors. This development once again poses questions regarding the safety of the oil tanker movement in the Persian […]
Tehran: The repercussions of the Israel-UAE peace agreement are being felt in the Persian Gulf. Iran seized a UAE oil tanker claiming that the tanker violated the Iranian marine limit. Whereas, two Iranian fishermen were killed in action taken by the UAE against Iranian fishing vessels. Iran, infuriated after this incident, summoned the Deputy to the UAE ambassador. On […]