Two foreign tankers carrying Iraqi fuel oil ablaze after attack in territorial waters, Iraqi ports official says

BASRA, Iraq - Two foreign tankers carrying Iraqi fuel oil were subjected to unidentified attacks inside territorial waters, causing them to catch fire, Iraq's director general of the General Company for Ports Farhan al-Fartousi told Reuters on Wednesday.

Iraq evacuated the 25 crew members from the two vessels and fire is still ablaze on both ships, he added. — Reuters