A drone struck a ship off the port in Iraq’s southern province of Basra on Thursday, a security official told AFP, while the country’s oil ministry said an unspecified object fell near a tanker.
This is the latest drone-related incident in Iraq, coming against the backdrop of renewed military escalation between the United States and Iran, Iraq’s main allies.
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A security official told AFP that a drone struck a ship “carrying American-branded cars” near an oil terminal after it had arrived from the United Arab Emirates.
Iraq’s oil ministry said that “the incident involved a tanker reporting a sighting of a foreign object in its vicinity. However, no fire or damage to the vessel has occurred.”
