Calls for restraint as anger bursts after the attack of two tankers in the Gulf of Oman

The United States has described the attacks of two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday as "unacceptable", adding that they raised serious concerns about global shipping and security in the region. .

"It is unacceptable that a party attacking shipping and today's attacks on ships in the Gulf of Oman are causing great concern," said the spokesman. United States Acting Ambbadador to the UN, Johnathan Cohen, at a council meeting Thursday.

Dozens of sailors had to be rescued after the attack of two oil tankers in the middle of the Gulf of Oman on Thursday. An oil tanker caught fire during the attack of unknown origin.

At a meeting with the Arab League, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres told the ambbadadors that it was necessary to avoid a major confrontation in the Gulf.

"I strongly condemn any attack on civilian ships, the facts must be established and responsibilities clarified," he said.

Ships on fire in the Gulf
Norwegian shipping officials in Oslo said three explosions had occurred on "Altair Front", a Norwegian tanker flying the flag of the Marshall Islands, attacked between the United Arab Emirates and Ian at 6:03 am local time in the Oman Sea. They did not report any injured crewmember.

The 111,000-ton tanker caught fire, he added.
The second ship, Japan's Kokuka Courageous, under the Panamanian flag, also caught fire when the 21 crew members abandoned the ship, but its operator, Kokuka Sangyo, said his shipment of methanol was intact.

A number of countries responded to distress calls. The fifth US-based Bahrain-based fleet said it received two distress calls from oil tankers in the Oman Sea.

Iran said it rescued 44 crew members from both tankers. According to Allahmorad Afifipour, director of the port authority of Hormozgan province, in southern Iran, the fire of the Japanese ship was extinguished, but they fought against it. Fire of the Norwegian ship.

Ongoing tensions in the region between the United States and Iran have increased as it is the second attack in a month.

The United States and Saudi Arabia have accused Iran of the latest attack. Mines were used on four oil tankers off the United Arab Emirates. Iran denies the allegations.

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit called on the UN to help maintain peace in the region.

"Some parts of the region are trying to cause fires in the area and we must be aware of them," Gheit said, without naming names.

In Paris, the spokesman of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that "all the actors concerned" must show "restraint and de-escalation".

A spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition against the Houthis lined up in Iran and Yemen claimed that the attack came from the Houthis.

"From my point of view … we can link it to the Houthi attacks in Bab al-Mandeb," Colonel Turki al-Malki told reporters in Riyadh, citing the bombings of two Saudi oil companies in July 2018 in the Houthi Kingdom.

The UN Security Council will hold a closed meeting later Thursday on attacks on the main taxiway in the Gulf.