2023 Tarijar Strait drone attacks
| 2023 Tarijar Strait drone attacks | |||||
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| Part of 2023 Zalluabed conflict | |||||
 The port of Abu Kaniyah, Emmiria, during the attacks | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 Kubani Unit |
 Albarine  Emmiria | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
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Suhaib el-Dar Moussa |
Sadie Melhaven Akram Sulaiman | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
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Beginning on November 26th, 2023, forces loyal to Zalluabedi general Suhaib el-Dar Moussa near Kubani, Qahaza province, launched more than 80 explosive-laden UAVs and deliberately flew them into oil and port facilities in Albarine, Emmiria, and 4 ships transiting the Tarijar Strait. A total of 64 people were killed; 3 in the Albarinean port of Hervey, 7 aboard the oil tanker ML El-Izzaddeen, and 54 in the Emmirian ports of Tarijibar, Shafasab, Abu Kaniyah, and Mahaydah. Attacks continued sporadically for days.
Zalluabed's military-led government under interim-President Jirhanu Bjyala, embroiled in an ongoing civil war, stated that el-Dar Moussa had acted on his own and condemned the attacks as traitorous, but warned against military retaliation by WEDA. El-Dar Moussa was subsequently stripped of his rank and command, but he and his forces continued their campaign to seize control of Qahaza, now operating against both the military and the FZA rebels as the People's Republic of Qahaza.
In response to the attacks, WEDA increased their military presence in the Emmiria Sea and the Tarijar Strait. The Alliance of Nortuan States deployed ten naval vessels to join WEDA forces in the region, as Elbresian nationals had been killed on the El-Izzaddeen. This marked the first time since the World War that a multinational Nortuan naval force had been deployed.
Background
Attacks
November 26
November 28
On November 28th, 33 drones were launched from Qahaza into the region around the Strait. 14 of them reached Albarine. All but two were shot down, with the surviving UAVs striking an oil pipeline and a power substation in the town of Denham, causing damage but no casualties. The remaining 17 UAVs were shot down over the Emmiria Sea by Emmirian Air Force Kowsir-2 fighters.