Iranian attack on Saudi tanker killed two Filipino sailors, Saudi Arabia says

Later, the Saudi foreign ministry expressed the kingdom's condemnation of "Iran's targeting of the Saudi tanker (Sidr) while it was transiting the Strait of Hormuz".It also condemned the recent Iranian attacks on Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait, and stressed the "need to halt escalation and respect the security and safety of international navigation", as well as the security of global energy supplies, national sovereignty, and international law.The statements were issued a day after maritime risk management and intelligence firms Marisks and Kpler reported that two tankers each loaded with two million barrels of Saudi crude oil were struck by unknown projectiles within minutes of each other as they transited outbound through the Strait of Hormuz late on Monday.Sidr was struck by "unknown projectiles" at 19:52 GMT about 16 nautical miles (30km) north-east of Khasab, Oman, while Senegal Prosperity was struck by "three unknown projectiles" about 17 nautical miles east of Khasab, according to Marisks.The UK Maritime Trade Operations agency also reported two incidents in the same locations.On Wednesday, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps said in a statement that two oil tankers sought "at the urging of the US military to transit via an illegal route" in the Strait of Hormuz before "striking mines and exploding". The vessels were "currently on fire", it added.The US military has not commented, but it said the latest strikes on Iran followed "recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members".