{
  "id": 6418209,
  "title": "Oil tanker hit in Iraqi waters, as vessels get caught in US-Iran attacks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/oil-tanker-hit-in-iraqi-waters-as-vessels-get-caught-in-us-iran",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-09T09:46:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/09/oil-tanker-hit-iraqi-waters-vessels-get-caught-us-iran-attacks"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Sept 9 (Reuters) - A tanker carrying about 2 million barrels of Iraqi fuel oil was struck by a drone in Iraqi territorial waters on Wednesday, port officials said, and British navy-affiliated UKMTO reported that several merchant vessels in the Gulf had been hit by disabling fire overnight. A fire broke out aboard the Panama-flagged oil tanker New Andros after it was hit in Iraqi waters at around…",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The National UAE",
        "title": "Tanker war 2.0: How US-Iran ship attacks are escalating",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/tanker-war-2-0-how-us-iran-ship-attacks-are-escalating",
        "published": "2026-09-09T10:44:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Oil tanker hit in Iraqi waters, as vessels get caught in US-Iran attacks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/oil-tanker-hit-in-iraqi-waters-as-vessels-get-caught-in-us-iran-6419790",
        "published": "2026-09-09T12:52:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}