UN evacuates 115 vessels from Strait of Hormuz but suspends wider rescue after Gulf of Oman attack
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Adla Massoud
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The UN's International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has evacuated at least 115 vessels carrying about 2,500 seafarers from the Strait of Hormuz since Tuesday under a safe-passage programme launched amid the US-Iran war. However, the IMO suspended wider evacuation efforts on Thursday after an attack on a vessel in the Gulf of Oman, as confirmed by IMO chief Arsenio Dominguez.
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· 4 pulledAt least 115 vessels carrying about 2,500 seafarers have been evacuated from the Strait of Hormuz since Tuesday
the head of the UN maritime agency said on Friday, after the organisation suspended wider evacuation efforts following an attack on a vessel in the Gulf of Oman
International Maritime Organisation chief Arsenio Dominguez told reporters in New York that the evacuations had been conducted under a UN safe-passage programme launched on Tuesday to help ships stranded by the US-Iran war
The IMO paused the operation on Thursday after an attack on a vessel in the Gulf of Oman
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