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Tuesday, November 23, 2021
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Navy

Israel Flags Iranian Anti-Ship Drone Bases

by Dan Williams (Reuters) Israel sharpened its rhetoric against Iranian combat drones on Tuesday, disclosing what it said were two bases used to carry out

November 23, 2021
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Saturday, August 7, 2021
Iran Says It Seeks Gulf Security
Navy

Iran Says It Seeks Gulf Security

Kirsten Donovan (Reuters) Iran on Saturday rejected as psychological warfare accusations that it was behind a deadly attack on a tanker off Oman’s

August 7, 2021
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Friday, August 6, 2021
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Maritime Security

U.S. Cites Conclusive Evidence that Iranian ‘Kamikaze’ Drone Was Used in Tanker Attack

By David Wainer (Bloomberg) — The U.S. cited evidence for the first time Friday to back up its assertion that Iran was behind the deadly drone attack on

August 6, 2021
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G7 Calls Out Iran for Attack on Mercer Street
Maritime Security

G7 Calls Out Iran for Attack on Mercer Street

Foreign Ministers from the Group of Seven of the world’s leading economies have condemned the “deliberate and targeted attack” on the MT

August 6, 2021
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Israeli Rear Admiral Ido Ben-Moshe
Maritime Security Incidents

Israel Prepared To Attack Iran To Protect Shipping

By Alisa Odenheimer (Bloomberg) Israel is prepared to attack Iran, Defense Minister Benny Gantz said, as his country lobbied for a response to a fatal drone

August 6, 2021
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Thursday, August 5, 2021
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Maritime Security

U.N. Security Council to Discuss Deadly Tanker Attack on Friday

By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK, Aug 5 (Reuters) – Britain will discuss a deadly tanker attack off the coast of Oman during a closed-door United Nations

August 5, 2021
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Wednesday, August 4, 2021
U.S. Believes Iran was Behind ‘Hijacking’ Incident in Gulf of Oman, But Can’t Yet Confirm
Maritime Security

U.S. Believes Iran was Behind ‘Hijacking’ Incident in Gulf of Oman, But Can’t Yet Confirm

The United States believes Iran was behind Tuesday’s maritime security incident on board the Asphalt Princess in the Gulf of Oman, but it wasn’t

August 4, 2021
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Maritime Security Incidents

Boarders Exit Asphalt Princess Off UAE

DUBAI, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Oman on Wednesday identified the Panama-flagged Asphalt Princess as the tanker involved in a hijacking which Britain’s

August 4, 2021
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Tuesday, August 3, 2021
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Shipping

Tanker Seized by Suspected Iranian-Backed Forces in Arabian Sea, Maritime Sources Say

By Lisa Barrington and Jonathan Saul DUBAI/LONDON, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Iranian-backed forces are believed to have seized an oil tanker in the Gulf off the

August 3, 2021
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Maritime Security

Israel Flags ‘Hard Evidence’ That Iran Struck Mercer Street Tanker as Mideast Tensions Rise

By Alisa Odenheimer and Verity Ratcliffe (Bloomberg) — Israel said it had given allies “hard evidence” that Iran was behind last week’s deadly

August 3, 2021
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Monday, August 2, 2021
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Shipping

US, Israel, UK Vow Action Against Iran on ‘Mercer Street’ Tanker Attack

By Arsalan Shahla and Gwen Ackerman (Bloomberg) — The U.S., Israel and the U.K. all vowed to respond to a deadly drone attack on an Israeli-linked

August 2, 2021
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mercer street
Defense

Iran Warns of Response if Security Threatened After Ship Attack

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Iran will respond promptly to any threat against its security, the foreign ministry said on Monday, after the

August 2, 2021
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mercer street
Accidents

U.S., Britain Blame Iran for Deadly Tanker Attack Off Oman

LONDON/WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (Reuters) – The United States and Britain said on Sunday they believed Iran carried out an attack on an Israeli-managed

August 2, 2021
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Saturday, July 31, 2021
mercer street
Maritime Security Incidents

US Navy Says Israel-Linked Oil Tanker Was Targeted by Drones

By Patrick Sykes (Bloomberg) U.S. Navy experts believe a drone struck the Mercer Street,oil tanker with links to an Israeli billionaire off Oman this week,

July 31, 2021
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Friday, July 30, 2021
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Accidents

Iranian Drone Suspected in Deadly Tanker Attack off Oman

A Briton and a Romanian were killed when an Israeli-managed petroleum product tanker came under attack on

July 30, 2021
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mercer street
Shipping

Two Crew Killed in Attack on Israeli-Managed Tanker off Oman

Update: Zodiac Maritime confirms the MT Mercer Street is “sailing under control of her crew and under her own power at 14 knots to a safe location with a

July 30, 2021
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