Oil tanker crews abandon ship after 'reported attack' in Gulf of Oman amid tensions with Iran
Posted on AllSides June 13th, 2019
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An apparent attack Thursday on two oil tankers off the Iranian coast left one ship ablaze, forced crews of both to abandon ship and threatened to further strain already tense US-Iran relations.
No nation or group claimed responsibility for the attack, the second on oil tankers in the region in a month.
"We are aware of the reported attack on shipping vessels in the Gulf of Oman," the Navy's 5th Fleet said in a brief statement. "U.S. Naval Forces in the region received two separate distress calls."
The guided-missile destroyer...
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