A vessel owned by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) was struck by a missile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz in the early hours of Saturday, August 8, 2026. No injuries were reported and the situation was brought under control, the company said in a statement cited by the UAE's official WAM news agency.
The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs "strongly condemned" the attack, attributing it to Iran. The ministry called the incident a "blatant violation" of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2817 and said that targeting commercial shipping and using the Strait of Hormuz as a "tool for economic pressure or blackmail constitutes an act of piracy by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps."
The incident brings to 16 the total number of vessels attacked since the start of the regional conflict, according to the Khaleej Times. In a statement on August 7, ADNOC had already reported that attacks since the beginning of the war had resulted in one fatality and 20 injuries among crew members. The seafarer was killed when two crude oil tankers, the Al Bahyah and Mombasa B, were struck by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz on July 14.
