Israel behind serial sabotage of Iranian tankers, report says
Israeli attacks have hit more than a dozen Iranian oil tankers in recent years, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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A series of sabotage incidents on Iranian tanker ships headed to Syria in recent years were carried out by Israel, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
More than a dozen Iranian tankers were hit with sea mines and limpet mines en route to Syria, where they were scheduled to offload fuel to aid the cash-strapped regime in Damascus in violation of US and international sanctions on Syria and Iran.
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