West Asia conflict: India denounces attack on Thai-flagged ship bound for Gujarat port

NEW DELHI: (Mar 12) India on Wednesday deplored the escalating attacks on commercial shipping in West Asia after a Thai-flagged bulk carrier bound for Gujarat's Kandla Port was targeted by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Three vessels were struck by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, according to the UK's maritime agency.

The attacks choked the key energy transit route that carries 20 per cent of the world's global crude oil shipments.