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Iran claims it struck an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, and other Mideast developments · Best of: Features

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  Iran claims it struck an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz,
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  and other Mideast developments. This article is being read by an automated
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  voice, generated by Everlet. Iran says it struck an oil detanker trying
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  to transit the Strait of Hormuz, while hundreds of thousands of people
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  rallied in Tehran in the largest show of support for the government
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  since the United States and Israel launched attacks in February. Meanwhile, South
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  Korea says it is considering expanding a naval operation in the Gulf
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  of Aden to protect its ships and oil shipping routes, but it
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  will not send troops to intervene in the Iran war. Here is
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  the latest news from the Middle East on Friday. Full coverage is
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  available here. Yaron says it struck an oil tanker in the Strait
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  of Hormuz. Iran said it struck the Togo flagged oil tanker trend
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  over that it described as an illegal attempt to pass through the
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  Strait of Hormuz on Thursday night, according to the state broadcaster, which
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  cited the Revolutionary Guard Corps. The Associated Press could not immediately confirm
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  the report. The Guard's Navy warned that vessels attempting to pass through
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  the strait without authorization would face destruction, the broadcaster said. Tehran has
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  asserted control over much of the waterway since the US and Israel
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  launched the war on february twenty eighth. Separately, the United Kingdom Maritime
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  Trade Operations, which alerts about attacks or military operations, said another tanker
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  was struck Wednesday by an unknown projectile while transiting out of the
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  strait, with the crew reported safe. No other details were available. Shipping
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  continues after Hoothis take islands. Container ships and oil tankers continued to
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  transited the Bab El Mandeb Strait after Yemen's Iran backed Houthi rebels
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  said they are only targeting Saudi linked vessels, but a dip in
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  traffic has been reported over the last week after a lightning advance
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  by Houthis on islands in the waterway. About twenty six thirty five
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  vessels per day have transited this week, down from the thirty five
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  forty daily average of the prior eight weeks, according to Demetrius Ampatzitis,
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  Maritime Risk and Compliance Manager at Keepler. Many shipping companies abandoned the
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  route after Houthis attacks on Israeli linked vessels began in twenty twenty
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  three, though vessels from Russia and China appeared to have no trouble.
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  Traffic remains severely impaired and increasingly selective, said Mohammad Cope with United
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  Insurance Brokers in London. UN Security Council condemns Hoothi attack. In
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  a statement issued Friday night, the fifteen members of the UN Security
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  Council reiterated their condemnation of the
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  Houthis attacks on Saudi Arabia and threats against ships in the Red
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  Sea and Bab el Mandeb Strait. The UN's most powerful body also
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  condemned in the strongest terms ongoing Houthi military escalation in Yemen, and
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  warned that continued escalation will exacerbate The already dire humanitarian situation in
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  the country. The Houthi are fighting Saudi backed Yemeni forces, and the
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  conflict recently has fueled mass displacement of more than 100,000 people. Members
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  called for practical cooperation to prevent the Houthis from acquiring arms, military
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  training, financing, and other military related assistance needed to carry out their
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  attacks. Earlier Friday, of people rallied in northern areas of Yemen in
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  support of the Houthis, and to protest Saudi Arabia's accusation that the
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  rebels targeted Islam's holiest site, Mecca. The Saudis said they intercepted a
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  Houthi drone targeting Mecca earlier this week. The Houthi leadership has denied
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  responsibility. Houthi controlled Al-Massira TV showed protesters carrying pictures of
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  the Kaaba, a landmark in Mecca, along with Yemeni, Iranian, Lebanese, and
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  Palestinian flags. Toron Rally vows support for government. Hundreds of
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  thousands of Iranians filled the streets of Tehran in the biggest rally
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  since the war began in February, pledging to take up arms as
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  John Fidei e Iran, or those who sacrificed their lives for Iran.
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  Iran's government has sought to rally the people and stress national unity,
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  even as the economy worsens under a US naval blockade of Iranian
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  ports, and new US sanctions meant to increase Tehran's economic pain. Some
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  participants trampled flags of The
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  US and Israel, others chanted Death to America and Death to Israel.
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  South Korea says it might expand a naval unit in they region,
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  but South Korean President Li Ji Myung said his government is considering
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  s expanding the operations of a naval unit deployed in the Gulf
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  of Aden, off the coasts of Yemen and Somalia, to protect his
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  country's vessels and oil shipping routes. But he stressed that South Korea
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  would not take action that would draw it into the US Iran
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  conflict, pushing back against recent pressure from the Trump administration. South Korea
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  has deployed the anti piracy Chyongae unit for years. The growing threat
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  from Houthis in Yemen to shipping in the region has alarmed countries
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  and markets, even though the rebels have said the are only targeting
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  the assets of neighboring Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter. There
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  will be no troop deployment that involves or intervenes in the war,
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  Lee said. Somaliland President seeks greater U.S. Recognition, offering access to Red
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  Sea coast, The President of the Breakaway Somali Republic of Somaliland is
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  seeking greater recognition from the United States and offering the potential of
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  military and commercial access to the territory's Gulf of Aden coast In
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  return. After concluding various meetings with U.S. Officials and lawmakers, President Abdirahman
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  Mohammed Abdullahi said Friday that establishing a U.S. Diplomatic post in the
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  capital of Hargaiza or The city of Berbera, a major port near
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  the entrance to the Red Sea and the Bab El Mandib Strait
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  that has played a critical role in the U.S. War with Iran
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  is a priority for his government. A number of U.S. Lawmakers have
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  called for the Trump administration to recognize Somaliland as an independent country,
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  particularly after Israel did so earlier this year. While the Trump administration
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  still continues to recognize the territorial integrity of Somalia, which includes Somaliland.
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  Lebanese and Israel soldiers have a tense exchange. In Lebanon, the state
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  run national news agency said the Israeli army threw stun grenades where
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  Lebanese army forces were stationed at the entrance to the town of
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  Dir Mimas. The Israeli military said in a statement that the Lebanese
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  army had entered what Israel refers to as the security zone, an
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  area the Israeli army occupied during its latest war with Hezbollah, and
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  established roadblocks without prior coordination. A Lebanese security official said the soldiers
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  wanted to escort villagers to their olive orchards, and the area was
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  not part of a security zone. He said, Lebanese soldiers eventually withdrew.
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  He spoke on condition of anonymity, because he was not authorized to
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  comment publicly. In June, Lebanon and Israel reached an agreement under which
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  Israeli forces would gradually withdraw from occupied areas in southern Lebanon, and
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  allow the Lebanese army to take control, in exchange for disarmament of
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  Bisbolah. There has been little progress in implementing the deal. By Abisoule,
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  This piece will be updated throughout the day as new developments emerge.