Iran Tanker Sought by US Now off Lebanese Coast

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An Iranian oil tanker pursued by the U.S. that has been traveling across the Mediterranean Sea is now off the coast of Tripoli in northern Lebanon.

The ship-tracking website MarineTraffic.com showed the Adrian Darya 1 moving slowly just outside the Lebanese territorial waters, after it had stood off the coast of Syria a day earlier.

The ship's Automatic Identification System does not show its destination after its mariners onboard previously listed it as ports in Greece and Turkey. Turkey's foreign minister at one point suggested it would go to Lebanon, something denied by Lebanese officials.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo later claimed that it was bound for a refinery in Syria.

The U.S. has warned countries not to accept the Adrian Darya, which carries 2.1 million barrels of crude oil worth some $130 million.

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Missing un520 over 4 years

I expect some Hezbollah-dinghies to come soon and collect oil for free...it will take about six year to empty the ship.

Missing phillipo over 4 years

It is now over 8 hours since the ship turned off its AIS systems and so no-one knows exactly where it is, and most probably will very soon enter Syrian territorial waters, before entering Tartus port to unload its crude oil.