LONDON: Pirates have hijacked an Iraqi ship that was stranded outside the country’s waters and took it to an unknown location, the MP for the Basra governorate said on Sunday.
Kadhim Finjan Al-Hammami said he received “authenticated pleas from the private owner of Iraqi tugboat T-4, to free his ship from pirates. The attackers had taken it to an unknown location, and demanded in an audio recording that he pay a ransom of $80,000.
“The owner of the hijacked ship explained that his ship ran aground at the Iranian coast, about seven miles north of Bushehr Port. The crew of a ship called Sohan stole its fuel and plundered its contents and equipment,” National Iraqi News Agency (NINA) quoted Al-Hammami as saying.
He said the Iraqi authorities have sent an urgent call for help to Marine Emergency Mutual Aid Center (MEMAC) in Bahrain.
Pirates hijack Iraqi ship stranded off Iranian coast
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Pirates hijack Iraqi ship stranded off Iranian coast
- Iraqi authorities have sent an urgent call for help to Marine Emergency Mutual Aid Center in Bahrain
- The owner of the hijacked ship explained that his ship ran aground at the Iranian coast, about seven miles north of Bushehr Port
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian Bedouin community near Jerusalem
- Al-Ma’azi community consists of approximately 40 families — about 200 people in total, 70 of whom are under the age of 18
- Members of the community are frequently attacked by settlers who want to seize its land to expand and connect nearby settlements
LONDON: Israeli settlers on Thursday attacked a Palestinian Bedouin community near the town of Jaba’ in the occupied West Bank, northeast of East Jerusalem.
Jerusalem Governorate said members of Al-Ma’azi community are frequently the targets of attacks by settlers who want to seize land in Jaba’ to expand their Adam settlement and connect it with the Binyamin settlement.
The community consists of approximately 40 families — about 200 people in total, 70 of whom are under the age of 18 — and they live in harsh conditions lacking necessities, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reported.
Bedouins near Jerusalem face ongoing assaults by settlers and Israeli forces designed to displace Palestinians and expand settlements, Jerusalem Governorate said.
More than 33 Palestinian Bedouin communities have been displaced by Israeli authorities from 66 locations in the West Bank since late 2023, resulting in the forced transfer of 2,373 residents, according to officials figures from the Palestinian Authority.
Last week, 20 Palestinian families from the Shallal Al-Auja community moved from their homes north of Jericho to another area in the face of repeated attacks and threats by Israeli settlers.
