Sri Lanka evacuates crew from Iranian navy vessel days after warship was destroyed by US

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Sri Lanka evacuated 208 crew members from the Iranian navy vessel IRIS Bushehr after it made an emergency docking request at Trincomalee, following a US submarine strike that sank another Iranian frigate killing over 80 people. Sri Lanka's president confirmed the navy would take custody of the vessel. The incident underscores the widening naval dimensions of the US-Iran conflict in the Indian Ocean region.

Urgent request to dock is submitted by vessel after US submarine sank Iranian warship in same area on Tuesday Middle East crisis – live updates Sri Lanka has evacuated 208 crew members from an Iranian navy vessel that made an emergency request to dock, a day after a US submarine strike sank another Iranian frigate, killing more than 80 people on board. Sri Lanka’s president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, on Thursday confirmed that the country’s navy would take over Iranian military support ship IRIS Bushehr and allow it to dock at the north-eastern port of Trincomalee. Continue reading...