🔶 Saudi state news agency confirms attack on this country’s oil tanker in the Red Sea

Saudi Arabia confirmed that a ship belonging to this country was targeted while passing through the Red Sea. On Thursday, 23 July (1 Mordad), the Saudi official news agency, quoting a senior source, said that the "Anslia" oil tanker belonging to a Saudi company was targeted during its movement in the Red Sea and that its bow caught fire.

According to this news agency, all crew members are in full health. The report did not mention who carried out the attack on the Anslia vessel.

Late on Wednesday evening, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations organization had announced that an oil tanker in the Red Sea had caught fire as a result of a hit from an unidentified projectile.

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