Saudi Arabia says oil tankers sabotaged near UAE coast

An oil tanker.
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Saudi Arabia on Monday said four of its oil tankers were targeted Sunday morning off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, with two experiencing "significant damage" during the sabotage attack.

One of the tankers was on its way to pick up Saudi oil bound for the United States, The Associated Press reports. Saudi Arabia says no one was hurt in the attack, and no oil was spilled. The kingdom did not reveal which vessels were allegedly attacked, or who might have been behind the sabotage.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.