Iraq says it had ‘no prior knowledge’ of US-Saudi attacks – as it happened
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A liquefied natural gas tanker controlled by QatarEnergy exited the strait of Hormuz overnight - the first such vessel visible on ship-tracking data to leave the waterway since 11 July, data from analytics firms showed on Thursday.
The Al Areesh tanker, which loaded a cargo at Qatar's Ras Laffan terminal around 4-6 July, sailed out of the strait overnight on 29 July, according to Kpler and LSEG data.
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