London «Quds Al-Arabi»: yesterday rose degree naval tensions in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Aden region, with the Iranian navy suffered a cargo ship Singaporean near the shores of the United Arab Emirates.
A US official said the network «CNN«, said that five Iranian boats fired warning shots over flying the flag of Singapore in the Gulf cargo ship.
The official, that the incident occurred when the five boats began, which is believed to follow the Iranian navy, approaching the cargo ship near the coast of the UAE, but in international waters.
confirmed the network, it is for the first time the incident shows the other Gulf state maritime tensions escalating in the region, adding that the Pentagon is still collecting information about the incident.
She network, that when the Iranian boats opened fire, the ship had to turn to enter the territorial waters of the UAE.
She «CNN» it was not clear whether the bullets had hit the ship.
For its part, the United Arab Emirates sent three boats Coast Guard vessel shipping.
and was able to force the Coast UAE coast of addressing a group of Iranian warships fired on the merchant vessel bearing the Singapore flag in the Arabian Gulf.
Sources Gulf are Singaporean ship arrived safely to the port of Jebel Ali in the UAE after the intervention of the Coast Guard.
A US official said the cargo ship fled towards the UAE, which sent ships to the Coast Guard was able to tip the Iranian ships.
«Reuters» said the tanker petroleum products «Alpine Eternity» flying the flag of Singapore, was attacked on its way to the port of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, where docked in the port of Jebel Ali UAE pointing out that the crew was fine.
She said the cargo ship headed to the territorial waters of the UAE as it provided the Coast UAE coast protection to them.
A US official said Iran was trying in what appears to intercept a merchant ship flying the flag of Singapore to settle a legal dispute, referring to reports that the ship «Alpine Eternity» collided platform oil owned by Iran in March / March last.
The official said «Iran claims that the ship legally responsible for payment of compensation for oil platform. »He added that the incident took place on March 22 / March
and increased tensions in the region, with Iran's insistence on sending a ship says it is carrying humanitarian aid to Yemen, and the insistence of the Arab-led coalition Arabia inspected before they enter Yemen forces.
And with the rise of marine tensions in the region , on Thursday, an Iranian official announced that the rebels of al-Shabab Islamist Somali abducted for hunting an Iranian boat crew after it suffered a mechanical failure off the coast of Somalia.
The head of the Iranian Organization for fishing Hassan Salehi as quoted by the website state television, said that the boat, which dates back to a private owner was forced to dock in Somali port after suffering mechanical problems while sailing off the coast of Somalia.
signed a composite crew consisting of 14 people in the grip of a group of youth movement also captured the compound, as the Iranian official added without clarifying when and where the kidnapping.
According to the website, the Iranian boat took place in the rebel grip first on Wednesday morning in Aldher port which is controlled by the youth movement in the north of the Somali capital Mogadishu Qkaddod area.
and on the impact of regional tensions Observers fear the outbreak of a maritime dispute between the regional warships patrolling the region's seas.
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