Drone attacks tanker carrying Iraqi fuel oil in Iraqi waters
According to The Jerusalem Post, a drone attacked the Panama-flagged tanker New Andros in Iraq’s territorial waters on Wednesday. Two port officials reported the incident.
Tanker cargo
According to them, the vessel was carrying 2 million barrels of Iraqi fuel oil. This volume of cargo was aboard the New Andros at the time of the attack.
Fire extinguished
A fire broke out aboard the tanker. Iraqi rescue boats extinguished the fire on the vessel, port officials said.
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According to the information available to them, there were no reports of fatalities or injuries. The officials provided Reuters with information about the attack, the fire, the cargo and the absence of casualties.
The Jerusalem Post labeled the report as developing. No other details about the circumstances of the strike were provided in the published report.
