Iran Says Two Oil Tankers Ditched Attempt to Transit Hormuz

Two oil tankers that had attempted to transit the Strait of Hormuz with U.S. support via the southern lane close to Oman have turned back after one of them caught fire, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Thursday, as the war in the Middle East shows no signs of abating. “Last night, two oil tankers, encouraged by American aircraft, attempted to leave through the unsafe southern route of the Strait of Hormuz,” the Revolutionary Guards said in a statement carried by AFP. “After a major fire broke out on…