War threatens Gulf's dugongs, turtles and birds

The ecosystem was already under pressure from climate change and maritime traffic before the United States and Israel launched their war on Iran at the end of February, leading to Tehran's region-wide retaliation. More than 300 incidents involving environmental risks -- including attacks on oil tankers -- have been recorded in the region since the conflict broke out, according to a March 10 report by the Conflict and Environment Observatory, a UK non-governmental organisation. The geography of...