Email ...Baghdad. Iraq has suspended operations at all its oil terminals after two foreign tankers were struck by explosions near the port of Umm Qasr in Basra, killing one crew member and injuring others ... .
BAGHDAD — An attack on Iraq’s Basra port early on Thursday killed at least one person and forced authorities to halt operations at all the country’s oil terminals, official media reported on Thursday.
Images from the scene showed flames spreading across the water, suggesting oil was leaking from the vessels.According to Al Jazeera, the incident occurred within Iraq’s territorial waters at al Faw port near Basra.