Oil spill hits UAE beaches as tanker attacks multiply near Hormuz

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An oil spill has affected beaches in Umm Al Quwain, with UAE teams deployed to contain the pollution. The spill follows a projectile strike on a tanker off the UAE coast that caused a fire, amid an increase in reported tanker attacks near the Strait of Hormuz.

The UAE’s Ministry of Climate Change said teams were deployed to contain a spill affecting Umm Al Quwain’s beaches, days after a tanker was struck by a projectile off the UAE coast, causing a fire.