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16 Jul 2026, 12:51

A security official told AFP that on Thursday, July 25, a drone struck a ship "carrying American vehicles" near an oil terminal. It was reported that this ship had come from the United Arab Emirates.

At the same time, four oil and security sources in Iraq told Reuters that on Thursday, crude oil loading at all terminals in Iraq was halted after a drone collided with a tanker at the Basra terminal.

In response to these reports, the spokesperson for the Iraqi Ministry of Oil stated that crude oil loading at the southern terminals of Iraq is still ongoing and that they are investigating reports regarding the fall of an "unknown object" onto a tanker.
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