UK Maritime Trade Operations received a report of an incident about 40 nm southeast of Umm Qasr, Iraq, in which a merchant vessel transiting the Arabian Gulf was struck on its starboard side by an unidentified aerial object and a large explosion followed.

2026-06-01

UK Maritime Trade Operations received a report of an incident about 40 nm southeast of Umm Qasr, Iraq, in which a merchant vessel transiting the Arabian Gulf was struck on its starboard side by an unidentified aerial object and a large explosion followed.