{"id":2559,"date":"2026-08-14T09:37:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2559"},"modified":"2026-08-14T09:37:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:37:20","slug":"2-uae-tankers-attacked-while-transiting-strait-of-hormuz-and-other-news-from-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2559","title":{"rendered":"2 UAE tankers attacked while transiting Strait of Hormuz, and other news from the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The United Arab Emirates is blaming Iran for firing drones at two tankers operated by a state-owned oil company as they sailed through the Strait of Hormuz, saying Friday that the attacks were acts of piracy. The attacks caused no casualties but underlined the dangers faced by vessels seeking to move cargo through the critical waterway that leads from the Persian Gulf to the open oceans as Iran keeps a firm grip on the passage. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2557\">Russian drones kill a woman and 9-year-old son at home as Ukrainian civilian casualties rise<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at the latest developments in the <span>Iran war<\/span> and the wider Middle East. Full coverage can be found <span>here<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2>2 oil tankers hit by drones as they transited Strait of Hormuz<\/h2>\n<p>Two tankers owned by Abu Dhabi\u2019s state-owned oil and gas company ADNOC were attacked Thursday evening while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the company said. It added that the attack caused no injuries and that \u201cthe situation has been brought under control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The British military\u2019s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center said two vessels were reported to have suffered minor damage when attacked by drones while transiting the Strait of Hormuz. It did not identify them as the ADNOC ships but it appeared to be the same incident. <\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The UAE\u2019s Foreign Ministry blamed the attacks on Iran and said they were a \u201cflagrant violation\u201d of the United Nations\u2019 principles of freedom of navigation. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2553\">Israel\u2019s Christians rely on faith and allies as they fear rising harassment<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTargeting commercial shipping and using the Strait of Hormuz as a tool of economic coercion or blackmail represents acts of piracy by Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard Corps, and constitutes a direct threat to the stability of the region, its peoples, and global energy security,\u201d the Foreign Ministry said. <\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate response from Iran. <\/p>\n<h2>Kushner will head to Middle East for talks on Gaza<\/h2>\n<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s son-in-law and negotiator Jared Kushner will <span>travel to the Middle East<\/span> next week to try to advance plans for an end to the conflict in Gaza after <span>a deal recently announced<\/span> by the Trump administration ran into <span>Israeli opposition<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>An official with <span>the Board of Peace<\/span>, the body Trump established to oversee the fragile ceasefire in the <span>Israel-Hamas war<\/span>, said Kushner, board high representative Nickolay Mladenov, and executive board member and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair would arrive in Israel on Sunday.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<!-- AP \"Read More\" embed (place mid-article) --><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The group will then travel to Cairo, where meetings of <span>a Palestinian technocratic group<\/span> set to assume control of Gaza under a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal have been taking place for the past several months, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because planning for details of the trip has not yet been finalized,<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2551\">Nigel Farage beats Count Binface to win back seat in Parliament in widely mocked election<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The trip was reported earlier by Axios.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matthew Lee in Washington<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Arab Emirates is blaming Iran for firing drones at two tankers operated by a state-owned oil company as they sailed through the Strait of Hormuz, saying Friday the attacks represented acts of piracy. 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