🔺After the oil spill in the Persian Gulf, the UAE has closed more coasts

▪The United Arab Emirates has closed additional coasts after an oil spill from a tanker in the Persian Gulf, while officials have not said the name of the vessel or the cause of the spill.

▪The Ras al-Khaimah Public Services Department announced on Saturday that all beaches in this emirate are “closed until further notice.” On Friday, Umm Al-Quwain closed all of its beaches and the coastline and shut down the Al Hamriya beach in Sharjah as a precautionary measure.

▪The UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment confirmed the spill on Friday and attributed the strong smell of fuel in the past days to this spill.

▪A radar image from the European Space Agency on 29 Mehr showed an oil spill from a tanker about 25 kilometers from Umm Al-Quwain.