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Fuel tanker in Saudi Arabia hit by explosion

The incident follows other recent attacks on the country's oil industry from the Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen.
This picture taken on December 11, 2019, shows a Saudi security boat patrolling by an oil tanker at the port of Ras al-Khair, about 185 kilometres north of Dammam in Saudi Arabia's eastern province overlooking the Gulf. (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP) (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images)

A bomb attack rocked an oil tanker off the coast of Saudi Arabia today in another attack on the country’s energy industry.

A small boat laden with explosives hit the tanker while it was docked in the city of Jeddah early Monday morning. The attack resulted in a small fire, and none of the crew was injured, the state-run Saudi Press Agency reported.

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