CHEMICAL TANKER SEIZED OFF YEMEN COAST IN SUSPECTED SOMALI PIRATE HIJACK
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Armed assailants are believed to have boarded the chemical tanker Asana off the southern coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden on Friday and are in control of the vessel, according to maritime security sources. Based on initial assessments, the incident appeared to be related to Somali piracy rather than Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi militia, one of the maritime security sources said.
The small tanker, which had no confirmed flag, had listed the Somali port of Bosaso as its next destination, ship...
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- News - South China Morning Post: Armed assailants are believed to have boarded the chemical tanker Asana off the southern coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden on Friday and are in control of the vessel, according to maritime security sources.
- News - South China Morning Post: Based on initial assessments, the incident appeared to be related to Somali piracy rather than Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi militia, one of the maritime security sources said.
- News - South China Morning Post: The small tanker, which had no confirmed flag, had listed the Somali port of Bosaso as its next destination, ship...
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- Topic: CHINA — the feed headline centres on CHEMICAL, TANKER, SEIZED, YEMEN, COAST.
- Original feed: News - South China Morning Post.
- Published: 17 Jul 2026, 11:58 UK.
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