Day 12 of Middle East conflict - ships hit by attacks in Strait of Hormuz | CNN

⢠Tankers ablaze: Iran has ramped up retaliatory attacks on energy supplies with strikes on two foreign oil tankers in Iraqi waters. Separately, a video geolocated by CNN appeared to show an Iranian drone hitting a fuel tank in an Omani port. ⢠Oil tops $100 (again): Oil climbed above $100 overnight. The jump came despite the International Energy Agency agreeing to release a record 400 million barrels of oil from reserves into the global market. ⢠Claiming victory: President Trump has been repeating his claim that the US has won the war, even as the conflict widens. âItâs just a question of when, when do we stop?â he said. ⢠Girlâs school bombing: The US military accidentally struck an Iranian elementary school on February 28 likely due to outdated information about a nearby naval base, according to two sources. A container ship off the coast of the United Arab Emirates was struck by an âunknown projectileâ that caused a small fire onboard early Thursday, the UKâs Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said Thursday. The incident marks the sixth attack in two days on vessels operating in the Persian Gulf as Iran has ramped up its strikes on oil tankers, cargo ships
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