New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- ABU DHABI - A missile struck an ADNOC-affiliated commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company confirmed, marking at least the fifteenth attack on the company's fleet since the armed conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran began in March.

The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the strike in unusually stark terms, calling it "a flagrant violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2817" and demanding that Tehran "immediately halt these hostile attacks, fully cease all acts of aggression, and reopen the Strait of Hormuz unconditionally." Qatar, which has hosted diplomatic back-channel talks between Iranian and American officials, separately condem...