{"id":17753,"date":"2026-07-16T15:01:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T15:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/07\/16\/drone-attack-oil-tanker-basra-iraq-oil-exports-halted\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T15:01:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T15:01:22","slug":"drone-attack-oil-tanker-basra-iraq-oil-exports-halted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/07\/16\/drone-attack-oil-tanker-basra-iraq-oil-exports-halted\/","title":{"rendered":"Drone Attack on Oil Tanker in Basra Halts Iraq&#8217;s Oil Exports Temporarily"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iraqi security and oil sources have confirmed that following a suicide drone attack on an oil tanker in the country&#8217;s territorial waters at Basra port, loading and oil export operations have been temporarily suspended.<\/p>\n<p>According to Reuters, citing these sources, the incident occurred in southern Iraq. Immediately after the drone struck, port activities were halted to assess the extent of the incident and ensure the safety of the area. Initial reports indicate there were no casualties or significant financial damages from the event.<\/p>\n<p>An informed source from Basra port management stated that the targeted oil tanker was anchored within Iraq&#8217;s territorial waters. Following the incident, the oil export process was suspended to prevent any potential risks.<\/p>\n<p>Basra port is one of Iraq&#8217;s most important oil export hubs, and any disruption in its operations can impact the country&#8217;s oil supply to global markets. So far, no further details about the perpetrators of the attack have been released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A drone attack on an oil tanker in Basra temporarily halts Iraq&#8217;s oil exports. No casualties reported; investigation ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}