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Oil Spill Offshore Yemen Follows Failed Pirate Attack

An oil spill was detected offshore Yemen on 25 June in the Bab al-Mandab strait that connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, contaminating around three miles of coastline. Speaking to the Yemen Times, Deputy Director of Yemen’s General Authority of Maritime Affairs Murad al-Hamli said the oil had begun leaking from a Somali-owned ship’s fuel tank after an attack by Somali pirates nine miles off the Yemeni...