{"id":34559,"date":"2019-05-12T18:47:47","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T18:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/05\/12\/uae-says-4-ships-targeted-by-sabotage-off-its-coast\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:44:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:44:47","slug":"uae-says-4-ships-targeted-by-sabotage-off-its-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/05\/12\/uae-says-4-ships-targeted-by-sabotage-off-its-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"US issues new warning to Gulf sailors after UAE says ships were sabotaged"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates \u2014 Two Saudi oil tankers and a Norwegian-flagged vessel were damaged in what Gulf officials described Monday as a \u201csabotage\u201d attack off the coast of the United Arab Emirates. While details of the incident remain unclear, it raised risks for shippers in a region vital to global energy supplies at a time of increasing tensions between the U.S. and Iran over its unraveling nuclear deal with world powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. issued a new warning to sailors as the UAE\u2019s regional allies condemned Sunday\u2019s alleged attack that the UAE says targeted four ships off the coast of its port city of Fujairah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It came just hours after Iranian and Lebanese media outlets aired false reports of explosions at the port.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Gulf officials declined to say who they suspect may be responsible, the U.S. has warned ships that \u201cIran or its proxies\u201d could be targeting maritime traffic in the region. America is deploying an aircraft carrier<\/a> and B-52 bombers<\/a> to the Persian Gulf to counter alleged, still-unspecified threats from Tehran.<\/p>\n\n\n\t