Drone strike hits Damietta gas ships; Cairo has not charged any group. Damietta, a strategic Egyptian port, remains central to regional energy and shipping tensions.
Tensions in the Red Sea have intensified as Houthis escalate maritime attacks and a blockade against Saudi-linked shipping. Attacks target vessels, widen regional confrontation, and threaten global energy routes amid ongoing US-Iran tensions.
A drone has struck two gas vessels at Egypt's Damietta port, igniting fires that spread between the US‑owned floating storage and regasification unit Energos Winter and the Greek‑owned LNG tanker GasLog Salem. Crews have extinguished the blazes, no casualties have been reported, and Egyptian authorities have opened a forensic investigation amid rising regional attacks on energy infrastructure.