The United States accused the Iranian military on Wednesday of directing its allies in Iraq to attack “U.S. A second maritime tracking company, Ambrey, reported that a drone attack had caused the blast. An unspecified actor conducted a drone attack targeting a US-owned tanker at a Mediterranean port in Damietta, Egypt, on July 29. The US military said its attacks were a “powerful response to yesterday’s attempted Iranian attacks on US forces based in the Middle East”. Elsewhere, drone strikes ignited fires on two natural gas vessels at the Egyptian port of Damietta, according to Ambrey, a British maritime security firm.