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Drone Strikes Damietta Port
Tracked across 3 sources · Updated 5h ago
A drone hit a gas storage tanker at Egypt's Damietta port on July 29, causing a fire on two vessels. Egypt confirmed the drone strike the next day and began analyzing drone fragments, warning of potential escalation.
How it unfolded
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Egypt analyzes drone fragments, warns of escalation
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Egypt confirms drone caused fire on two vessels
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Drone hits gas tanker at Damietta port
What happened earlier
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Full story →Egypt analysing drone fragments from port strike, warns of 'escalation'
Egypt's government is analyzing drone fragments from a strike on two gas vessels in Damietta port, a first such attack on Egypt since the Middle East war began.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned of the 'danger of regional escalation' in a call with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
The drone strike hit the US-owned Energos Winter vessel and the GasLog Salem tanker; no party has claimed responsibility.
Earlier · 1d ago
Full story →Drone hits gas storage tanker at Egypt's Mediterranean port
A drone hit a U.S.-owned gas storage tanker at Egypt's port of Damietta.
Maritime security firm Ambrey reported the incident on Wednesday.
The report cites an initial assessment of the attack.
Earlier · 8h ago
Full story →Egypt Confirms Drone Caused Fire On 2 Gas Vessels At Damietta
Egypt confirmed a drone caused a fire on two gas vessels at Damietta port.
The Egyptian cabinet announced the attack on Thursday.
The fire erupted a day earlier and was initially unclear as attack or accident.