A maritime agency says multiple projectiles struck a tanker in the Gulf off Qatar. Casualties have been reported aboard the vessel, which a maritime intelligence firm identified as the oil and chemical tanker Acers.
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A maritime agency says multiple projectiles struck a tanker in the Gulf off Qatar. Casualties have been reported aboard the vessel, which a maritime intelligence firm identified as the oil and chemical tanker Acers.
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