The attack follows warnings that Iran might target commercial shipping in the area, though Saudi Arabia did not say who was involved.
By Liz Sly Liz Sly Beirut bureau chief, covering Lebanon, Syria and the wider region Email Bio Follow May 13 at 6:31 AM BEIRUT — Two Saudi oil tankers have been attacked and damaged in coastal waters near the Persian Gulf, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said Monday, further heightening tensions with Iran.
It coincides with a surge in U.S.-Iranian tensions after the United States said last week that it had received intelligence that Iran was planning some kind of attack against U.S. forces in the Middle East. In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, the USS Abraham Lincoln navigates the Suez Canal in Egypt. Abbas Mousavi, a Foreign Ministry spokesman, hinted that the sabotage may have been carried out as part of a conspiracy to ignite conflict in the region. He cautioned against what he called “plots by ill-wishers to disrupt regional security” and called for an inquiry.
“We are very worried about the risk of a conflict happening by accident with an escalation that is unintended,” he told reporters, ahead of a European Union meeting later Monday about ways to salvage the deal.The spike in tensions follows the Trump administration’s decision to lift sanctions waivers from eight countries that import Iranian oil, in a bid to bring Iran’s exports down to “zero,” according to U.S. officials. Iranian imports had already plunged after U.S.
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