Khor Fakkan Detects Nearby Oil Spill, Closes Beach

The UAE city of Khor Fakkan shut a beach on Monday after detecting an oil spill along its coastline, according to a notice posted by the municipal authorities on social media.

It did not provide further details about the closure of the Al Luluyah beach and did not say what caused the spill.

The UAE has shut down a number of beaches in recent weeks as part of efforts to contain oil leaking from tanker vessels offshore.

Since the start of the US-Israeli war with Iran, attacks on commercial vessels in Gulf shipping lanes have driven up security risks for maritime traffic and heightened fears over the conflict's environmental fallout.

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