Cyprus Mail14 Jul 2026

UAE says Iranian missiles struck oil tankers in Strait of Hormuz, one sailor killed

One Indian crew member was killed and eight others were wounded when two Emirati oil tankers were struck by Iranian cruise missiles in the Strait of Hormuz, the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday, in the latest escalation in the strategic waterway.

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s shipping arm ADNOC L&S ADNOCLS.AD later confirmed the very large crude carriers (VLCCs) Mombasa B and Al Bahiyah were struck while transiting Hormuz and had sustained “significant damage”....

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