All the 18 Filipino crew members of the oil tanker that was seized by Iran in the Gulf of Oman in January have safely returned to the Philippines, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday.
The two remaining Filipino crew members of MV True Confidence, the merchant ship attacked by Houthi rebels while plying the Gulf of Aden on March 6, returned to the Philippines on Thursday morning.
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. over the weekend called for respect for freedom of navigation following the Houthi attack that killed two Filipinos.
One of the 18 Filipino seafarers on board the oil tanker seized by Iranian authorities in the Gulf of Oman last month has been released, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Thursday.
A fourth Filipino sailor may have been injured in a missile attack that damaged a civilian vessel while entering a port in Black Sea Wednesday, a senior Foreign Affairs official said.