00:01An Iranian attack on an oil tanker owned by Saudi Arabia's national shipping company kills two Filipino seafarers.
00:08Sidr, owned by Saudi's shipping company Bari, was one of two supertankers carrying Saudi oil reported to have been hit
00:15late on Monday while transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
00:18Tehran has threatened tankers attempting to sail through the waterway without authorization, blocking energy exports from neighboring oil-rich Gulf
00:25countries.
00:26About one-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas trade used to pass through the strait before the US
00:32and Israel launched strikes on Iran on February 28.
00:35The Philippines Department of Migrant Workers are coordinating the repatriation of the bodies of the seafarers.
00:41The DMW also reiterates, Filipino seafarers have the right to refuse sailing in high-risk maritime areas, including the Strait
00:49of Hormuz.
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