Iran tanker Adrian Darya 1 sought by US now off Lebanese coast
An Iranian oil tanker pursued by the US that has
been traveling across the Mediterranean Sea is now off the coast of Tripoli in
northern Lebanon.
The ship-tracking website MarineTraffic.com showed
the Adrian Darya 1, formerly known as Grace 1, moving slowly just outside the
Lebanese territorial waters, after it had stood off the coast of Syria a day
earlier.
The ship’s Automatic Identification System does not
show its destination after its mariners onboard previously listed it as ports
in Greece and Turkey. Turkey’s foreign minister at one point suggested it would
go to Lebanon, something denied by Lebanese officials.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo later claimed that
it was bound for a refinery in Syria.
The US has warned countries not to accept the Adrian
Darya, which carries 2.1 million barrels of crude oil worth some $130 million.
