Explosion at Egyptian port that Iran threatened to attack: 'Drones may have hit gas tankers'

An explosion occurred this evening at a liquefied natural gas facility in the port city of Damietta, Egypt. Two security sources told Reuters that tankers storing natural gas may have been hit by drones. Two days ago, Iranian television published a map with targets in the Middle East that could face retaliatory attacks, including Damietta port, following a Ukrainian attack on an Iranian ship in the Caspian Sea.

An explosion occurred this evening (Wednesday) at a liquefied natural gas facility in the port city of Damietta, Egypt. Two security sources told Reuters that tankers storing natural gas may have been hit by drones there. Although it is not yet clear if this was an attack, just two days ago Iranian television published a map with targets in the Middle East that could face retaliatory attacks - one of them is Damietta port in Egypt. This follows the unusual Ukrainian attack on an Iranian ship in the Caspian Sea last weekend. The article relies on security sources and Reuters, and links the explosion to the Iranian-Ukrainian context, but does not establish a definitive causality.