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May 4, 2026, 2:33 p.m. ET3 minutes ago

The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/04/world/iran-hormuz-ships-navy

 

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The four-week truce in the Middle East appeared to falter on Monday, as the United Arab Emirates said that Iran had launched attacks on its territory, and the U.S. military said it sunk six Iranian military boats.

 

The Emirati authorities blamed Iran for a drone attack that caused a fire in the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone, the largest oil storage area in the Emirates, in the first such assault since a cease-fire was reached on April 7. In neighboring Oman, two people were injured by an attack in Bukha, near Emirati territory, according to an Omani state news agency, which did not identify the culprit.

 

U.S. Central Command said it had shot down Iranian missiles and drones aimed at vessels around the strait, and that Army Apache helicopter gunships destroyed six Iranian military speedboats that threatened the ships.

 

It remains unclear whether the attacks Monday indicated that the cease-fire had collapsed and that the war had resumed. Iran did not officially confirm or deny that it had resumed attacks, and a senior military official denied on state media that its boats had been sunk.