Drone hits gas vessel near Suez Canal, threatening to expand Iran war

A drone strike on gas vessels in Egypt’s Mediterranean port of Damietta signaled a potential new front in the U.S.-Iran war, raising the prospect of threats to navigation through the Suez Canal, a last remaining safe export route for Saudi oil. The Egyptian cabinet said on Thursday that an initial investigation showed that an unidentified drone caused a fire on Wednesday on two vessels at Damietta port, near the Suez Canal, which links the Mediterranean with the Red Sea.No group has claimed responsibility, the cabinet said, adding that authorities were taking measures to protect Egypt’s national security.Trading sources familiar with the incident said the drone hit U.S.-owned gas storage tanker Energos Winter, causing a fire that spread to another vessel.Overnight, the U.S. military said it struck Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ military command centers and drone facilities after Tehran fired at U.S. forces in the region. Story continues below advertisement Iranian state media, quoting the Guards, said three civilians were killed and two children wounded in U.S. strikes on Qeshm Island, while three Guards members were killed in Zanjan province.The governor of Khuzestan province, cited...