Iranian Oil Tanker nears Syria, Captain Refuses to Cooperate with Delivery

(Fox News) Trey Yingst - The Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya 1 that the U.S. has pursued is now 10 miles from Syria, intelligence sources say. The captain of the vessel, Akhilesh Kumar, has been refusing to cooperate with a planned oil delivery and has asked to be dismissed or replaced, the sources added. By entering Syrian waters, the vessel was defying a commitment to the UK that allowed its release after it was detained in Gibraltar.


2019-09-04 00:00:00

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