The strike appears to have come without warning, and shows that Iran and its proxies can target ships even without mining the Strait of Hormuz.

The Zefyros tanker was ‌struck by a projectile overnight during a ship-to-ship transfer in Iraqi waters, its Greece-based manager said on Thursday.

The Strait of Hormuz has been effectively closed to shipping because of the war against Iran by the U.S. and Israel.

Videos surfaced on social media show a huge explosion and a massive blaze on the ships and the flames spreading in the water, an indication that oil is leaking from the tankers.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright posted and then deleted a tweet Tuesday claiming that the U.S. Navy had successfully escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz. The post Trump Energy Secretary Deletes Post Claiming Navy Escorted Oil Tanker Through Strait of Hormuz first appeared on Mediaite.

By Krishna N. Das, Saurabh Sharma and Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI, March 12 (Reuters) - Iran will allow Indian-flagged tankers to transit the Strait of Hormuz, a conduit for 40% of the South Asian nation's crude imports,

Rising out of the waters of Galveston Bay, looking like some sea monster frozen in time, not much remains of the once mighty SS Selma: just the skeleton of the nearly 500-foot-long ship that made