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Oman monitors handling of oil tanker run aground off its coast

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Oman's National Emergency Management Committee met on Thursday to discuss the grounding of an oil tanker off Al Qibliyah Island and the progress of cargo handling operations. The meeting also addressed emergency incidents in the Musandam Governorate and the monitoring of potential environmental pollution in territorial waters. The report frames these events within the broader context of environmental risks posed by the US-Israeli war on Iran, which has resulted in oil spills in the Strait of Hormuz and surrounding coasts.
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DUBAI Musandam Governorate National Emergency Management Committee Oman UAE

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Authorities in the UAE had closed beaches, prompted by an oil spill from a tanker damaged in a suspected attack in the Gulf last month, before reopening them on Thursday. In August, Oman said it was tackling an oil leak near the Hallaniyat Islands, which includes Al Qibliyah, after the oil tanker Caroline Bezengi leaked off its coast after an attack.
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Oman monitors handling of oil tanker run aground off its coast · assertive framing

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Oman monitors handling of oil tanker run aground off its coast DUBAI, Nov 12 - asserted
Oman → monitor → coast
Oman's National Emergency Management Committee discussed on Thursday the latest developments in handling the grounding of an oil tanker off Al Qibliyah Island and the progress of operations to deal with its cargo. asserted
Committee → discuss → cargo
The meeting also reviewed emergency incidents in territorial waters off Oman's Musandam Governorate, which overlooks the Strait of Hormuz, and the monitoring of any environmental pollution. asserted
which → review → pollution
Oman did not identify the tanker or how and when it ran aground. asserted
it → identify → tanker
Oil spills resulting from attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, which carried nearly one-fifth of the world's crude before the war, have been threatening UAE and Omani coasts, underscoring the environmental risks of the US-Israeli war on Iran. asserted
which → result → Iran
Authorities in the UAE had closed beaches, prompted by an oil spill from a tanker damaged in a suspected attack in the Gulf last month, before reopening them on Thursday. In August, Oman said it was tackling an oil leak near the Hallaniyat Islands, which includes Al Qibliyah, after the oil tanker Caroline Bezengi leaked off its coast after an attack. asserted
tanker → close → attack
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains a sticking point in the negotiations between Washington and Tehran aimed at ending the nearly nine-month-long war that has disrupted global energy supplies and caused an economic crisis. asserted
that → remain → crisis
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