The IRGC did not name the seven vessels, and UK Maritime Trade Operations did not log the strikes, though the International Maritime Organization listed several ships in its report. Earlier in the week, UKMTO and maritime security firms including Vanguard and Ambrey identified an attack on the Liberia-flagged oil products tanker Soyia about 30 nautical miles southeast of Al Faw, Iraq, while independent tracking accounts reported that the Liberia-flagged Ixora and Panama-flagged On Phoenix were also hit during ship-to-ship transfers in the area. Separately, Pakistan's NAVAREA IX confirmed that the Kuwait Oil Tanker Co.'s Al Dasma anchored 1.3 nautical miles west of Bukha, Oman, after being struck on Oct. 20, while another KOTC tanker, the Petro Dolphin, was left drifting without navigational control following an Oct. 12 attack.
The IRGC warned that "the scope of the response will extend to the aggressor's bases in the region" if the US continues encouraging ships to use what Tehran calls an illegal, mined route. In Saudi Arabia, Houthi strikes killed two people at the Shaybah oil field and two at Dammam airport, prompting Aramco to evacuate its Dhahran headquarters and the US to order some diplomats out of the country. Despite the attacks, Morgan Stanley estimated Middle East crude exports averaged 17 million barrels a day last week, or about 94% of prewar levels, while Kpler put Strait of Hormuz transit at 14 million barrels a day, or 82% of prewar volume.