A commercial tanker caught fire after being struck by a projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz late Monday, in the latest attack to hit the strategic waterway and a fresh threat to the slow recovery of commercial shipping following last month’s U.S.–Iran preliminary agreement that extended a fragile truce.
The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) center said on July 7 that the vessel was struck off Limah, Oman, while sailing southbound out of the Strait of Hormuz toward the Gulf of Oman.
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