Iranian – Israeli Drone Warfare, Diplomacy and the Alberta Connection
International LawBy LJ Howard, 3 August, 2021
RAUSI Research Brief Volume 2, Issue 4
On 24 April 2021, the Iranian-flagged VLCC [very large crude carrier] Arman 114 was offloading its product to the smaller Lebanese-flagged Wisdom for transshipment onshore to one of Syria’s larger refineries north of the Syrian port city of Baniyas. Syria obtains much of its crude oil from Iran. At this time, the Wisdom was struck with ordnance allegedly delivered by a drone. Three personnel were killed. This incident followed an earlier attack on two Israeli tankers in the Gulf of Oman.