Oil loading suspended in S. Iraq after unidentified drone crash — officials

BAGHDAD, July 16 — Iraq suspended oil loading operations at its southern Basra Oil Terminal on Thursday after an unidentified drone crashed near an oil tanker within Iraqi territorial waters, security and oil officials said.

A security source in the province of Basra told Xinhua on condition of anonymity that an unidentified drone crashed near a Liberian-flagged oil tanker anchored at the Basra Oil Terminal without exploding or causing any casualties.