New Delhi, July 14 -- Thirteen Indian nationals have been killed, and three others remain missing in the Gulf region since the outbreak of the conflict in West Asia in February this year, government sources said on Tuesday.

There have been fresh tensions in West Asia with strikes from Iran and the United States casting a shadow on the interim peace deal between the two countries.

The conflict started on February 28 with Iran on one side and the US and Israel on the other.

The conflict has impacted maritime transit and energy supply chains.

India on Tuesday said it is closely following developments in West Asia and called for safe and unimpeded navigation and the flow of commerce through the Strait of Hormuz.

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