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The operator of the oil tanker St Nikolas, Greece-based Empire Navigation, said on Thursday it had lost contact with the vessel off Oman near the city of Sohar.

A spokesperson, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the vessel had a crew of 19, one from Greece and 18 from the Philippines, and was carrying 145,000 metric tons of oil from Basra, Iraq, to Aliaga, Turkey.

With the support of the German Archaeological Institute, international documentation work has been initiated in the agora building of the ancient city of Aigai, which dates back 2,700 years in the western province of Manisa.

U.S. LNG carrier, LNG Abalamabie, is due to arrive in Turkey on Feb. 8, according to ship-tracking data gleaned by Anadolu Agency on Feb. 5.

With a capacity of 170,000 cubic meters, the vessel left the U.S. port of Freeport on Jan. 24 and is currently en route to its next destination, the Aliaga LNG terminal in Izmir.

A huge rock mass in the ancient city of Aigai, located in the western Turkish province of Manisa, has been broken by treasure hunters.

Four workers were killed and two others were wounded in an explosion at the TÜPRAŞ Aliağa Refinery in Turkey's western Izmir province on Wednesday, District Governor Bayram Yılmaz said, Daily Sabah writes.

The attacker who kicked a dog named "Mia" in the Aegean province of İzmir was released a couple of hours after his detention on Sept. 18.

Police detained the attacker in İzmir's Aliağa district after video footage emerged of him kicking a dog sitting on the pavement.

Some 12 people were slightly injured after a container ship sank off the Marmara province of Balıkesir's coast during loading on May 14, Doğan News Agency has reported.

The container ship named "Ali Ağa, which arrived at the Bandırma Port from the Aegean province of İzmir's Aliağa district, sank after the loading process went wrong on the afternoon of May 14.