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Explosives-laden Iranian boat strikes oil tanker in Iraq: Reports
short by Bhuvnesh Ojha / on Thursday, 5 March, 2026
A Bahamas-flagged crude oil tanker was targeted by an Iranian remote-controlled boat laden with explosives when it was near Iraq's Khor al Zubair port, according to reports. The officials described the incident as the first recorded attack on a ship within Iraq's exclusive economic zone since US and Israel's strikes on Iran began on February 28.
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