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Posted on 07/29/2026 11:57:15 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan
A drone struck the U.S.-owned gas tanker Energos Winter at Egypt’s Damietta port on Wednesday evening, setting it ablaze before the flames spread to a second tanker, Gaslog Salem, according to Reuters and maritime security firm Ambrey.
Two security sources told Reuters that the tankers were hit by a drone, while three shipping industry sources identified Energos Winter as the vessel struck. Ambrey said the crews were evacuated and the fire was brought under control. No casualties were reported, and no country or organization has claimed responsibility.
Damietta, located in the northern Nile Delta, had been named by Iranian television just two days earlier as a possible target for retaliation against Ukrainian interests following Kyiv’s unusual strike on an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea over the weekend.
Iranian television displayed a map of possible targets across the Middle East and beyond under the headline: “What could be the targets of Iran’s revenge against Ukraine?” Damietta port was marked alongside a description of its liquefied natural gas capacity and role as an export gateway to Europe. “Damietta LNG: Production capacity of 5.2 million tons of liquefied gas a year. A gateway for gas exports to Europe,” the map said.
Iranian media had threatened retaliation against assets connected to European oil and gas supplies after the Ukrainian strike. Kyiv said the Iranian vessel targeted in the Caspian Sea had been involved in transporting weapons to Russia, while Tehran said one Iranian sailor was killed. The apparent attack in Egypt came despite an attempt by Iran and Ukraine to prevent further escalation. The countries’ foreign ministers spoke Tuesday, after which Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran “does not seek escalation” but was demanding “compensation” from Kyiv.
Egyptian media did not initially describe the Damietta incident as an attack, reporting only that authorities were investigating its cause. Some Egyptian reports said the fire began in the engine room of one of the ships and had been brought under control. Egypt’s Petroleum Ministry confirmed only that a fire had broken out aboard “vessels located at Damietta port” and said the incident was handled immediately under established emergency plans. “The incident was dealt with immediately in accordance with emergency plans, through the relevant authorities and the firefighting and security teams at the site,” the ministry said.
The ministry stressed that there were no casualties but did not say whether the tankers or port infrastructure had sustained damage. Emergency teams were working with the relevant authorities to complete the necessary operations and assess the consequences of the incident, it added. The ministry called on media outlets and social media users to rely only on its official statements.
There was no immediate evidence connecting Iran to the drone strike, and Tehran had not claimed responsibility. However, if Iran or one of its proxies was responsible, the attack would represent a dramatic expansion of the regional conflict. Egypt had until now remained largely outside the wave of Iranian retaliatory attacks targeting countries across the Middle East.
Concern over a broader regional escalation has grown following recent drone attacks in Saudi Arabia. Riyadh accused pro-Iranian militias in Iraq of carrying out the attacks, though the groups denied involvement and Yemen’s Houthis claimed responsibility. Saudi Arabia joined the United States overnight Tuesday in retaliatory strikes against militia targets in Iraq, reportedly killing about 20 people. At least four Iranian Revolutionary Guards “advisers” were reported killed, though Iraqi sources cited by The Associated Press said six Iranians had died. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella organization for pro-Iranian militias, threatened retaliation Wednesday, saying its response to the “American enemy” was inevitable and could target U.S. “agents” in Saudi Arabia. The organization gave the Iraqi government until August 6 to demonstrate that it could defend the country’s sovereignty.
U.S. President Donald Trump has meanwhile threatened to renew attacks against Iran after Tehran launched what Washington described as a surprise attack on an American base in Jordan overnight. Five Iranian missiles were intercepted. In an interview with Fox News, Trump promised a severe U.S. military response, saying: “We’re going to beat the f***ing s*** out of them.”
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I thought the same thing then wondered “why not from Lebanon”
Does anyone have a clue what the hell Trump is doing ? I don’t get it.
At the moment, he’s allowing Iran to dig its own grave.
Iran has successfully isolated itself.
“I thought the same thing then wondered “why not from Lebanon””
Yeah, that’s possible. Make a “U” in the middle of the ocean to avoid Israeli radar, I suppose.
I kind of the Hezbollah is more worried about not dying to do this, though.
At the moment, he’s allowing Iran to dig its own grave.
Well they need to start digging, pronto!
This was a pretty good shovel full.
Name a neighbor that doesn’t hate Iran now.
Pakistan?
Name a neighbor that doesn’t hate Iran now.
Russia and China.
I’m not sure I’d count either as a neighbor.
Close enough.
“Oops there goes another Iranian power plant!”
And while the governments may oppose Iran, many Muslims around the globe are on their side.
Does anyone have a clue what the hell Trump is doing ? I don’t get it.
I am not sure. I think he wanted to degrade the military and get them to negotiate. Trump always tries being complementary, then nice, then to make a deal, then to threaten and punish, then make a deal, then threaten and punish more, but he seems to never get to ‘war’. Trump may be a great negotiator, but this is a problem that needs a Curtis LeMay (see Dresden and Japan), Pershing (see Philippine Muslim uprising), Sherman (see march to see after Atlanta) or Grant (see attack all over all the time) solution.
Trump on Iran:” We are going to be hitting them very hard because it’s our turn to hit them. They know it’s coming. They are asking us not to do it. They tried shooting at us with 5 rockets last night. We intercepted them all”
Stop it now, Iron Dome 📡 Our own soil, our Own Land
Actually, Patton (not advocating rather be 🏠 home here 🇺🇲 and not Everywhere),
* But Patton: “If we are not successful, let no man come back alive”
True. And its basically a big lake between them.
Everything about Ukraine stinks. When they acknowledged they blew up an Iranian tanker, what did they think Iran would do? St Z is desperate to start WW III.
In re: Sherman- know it was a misspell, but every Georgian and South Carolinian of heritage would say— “Sherman didn’t march from Atlanta to ... see things, and he didn’t stop at Savannah (the Sea), continuing up through SC and Columbia all the way to Goldsboro, NC.
Your comment otherwise is quite correct, Pershing, Patton,Dresden,and the March to the Sea-— all the kind of resolve that has to back actions. A very different kind of
“real estate” deal which is unfamiliar, and not forgetting who he has sent (besides Rubio, Bessent and other unnamed) has been of all people, Witkoff (real estate guy) and his SinLaw Kushner who has designs on planning a huge resort on the coast of Iran (so it is said anyway). Centcom Commander has had active role we must not forget. Our intel is better than Russian and or Chi-Coms. So these Manpads have limited life in transit, even if through Caspian Sea, from rail from China to the north shore.
Resolve, with surgical devastating strikes on now critical infrastructure (protecting as much as is possible the rotten remains for Pahlavi and the millions who should be supported taking out all leadership left of IRGC and any fools known to them to still be in it. That kind of resolve.
Great post
I think that he is battling the Deep State.
The DS wanted this to be in Ukraine, where Chyna could gather valuable intel on US war systems.
Now, the DS is fighting hook, line and sinker.
Great ROI for a $40,000 drone! One drone, two ships.
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