### [2026-05-6](/feed/2026/05/6/index.md)

##### Middle Eastern crisis
# French shipping company CMA CGM says that one of its container ships, San Antonio, was attacked yesterday while transiting through the Strait of Hormuz. 




### Sources:

1. [Arab News](https://arab.news/ghh6c)

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