A member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran inspects the damage sustained at the party’s Azadi Camp after an Iranian cross-border attack in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq.
The Marinera, an oil tanker previously known as the Bella 1, off the coast of Scotland on Jan. 14, after being seized by the U.S. Coast Guard following a weekslong chase around the Atlantic.
The first ship had eluded the Coast Guard after being stopped on its way to pick up oil in Venezuela. U.S. forces also boarded another tanker in international waters near the Caribbean.
Russia requested this week that the United States end its pursuit of the vessel, which was intercepted in the Caribbean on its way to pick up oil in Venezuela.
The listing could make it more challenging for U.S. forces to board the ship, which an arm of the Kremlin’s maritime authority says is now flying the Russian flag.
A U.S. military helicopter flying over the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted in the Caribbean Sea. American officials have suggested that they intend to seize another ship, Bella 1, which they are currently tracking.
Over the past week, C-17 heavy-lift cargo planes, which usually transport troops and equipment, flew to Puerto Rico at least 16 times, according to flight tracking data reviewed by The New York Times.
Ground crews unloaded cargo last week from an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, top, parked next to a U.S. Air Force HC-130 aircraft, at the Roosevelt Roads naval base in Ceiba, Puerto Rico.
The latest vessel to be targeted by the United States in its pressure campaign on Venezuela was sending distress signals as it headed northeast from the Caribbean into the Atlantic.
A U.S. military helicopter flying over the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted on Saturday east of Barbados in the Caribbean Sea. The Coast Guard was also pursuing another tanker, the Bella 1.
Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, said a vessel had been “apprehended.” It was the second action this month against a tanker carrying Venezuelan oil.
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