Event Brief
Somali pirates hijack US-sanctioned tanker off Yemen
By The BriefBrief · Sources (4)
Filed: Aug 22, 2026 at 2:12 PM ET
Summary: Six armed pirates hijacked the Eritrean-flagged oil products tanker M.T. Sibu 1 on Thursday about 136 nautical miles east of al-Mukalla, Yemen, and took it toward Somalia’s Puntland coast. The vessel had 20 crew members aboard, including 16 Indians, and was managed by a UAE-based firm that runs a ship sanctioned by the US Treasury for alleged links to an Iranian “shadow fleet.”
WHO: Six armed Somali pirates
WHAT: Hijacked the Eritrean-flagged tanker M.T. Sibu 1 and took it toward Somalia’s Puntland coast
WHEN: Aug 20, 2026
WHERE: 136 nautical miles east of al-Mukalla, Yemen
WHY: Motive not yet established.
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