WAM
Emirates News Agency, the UAE's official state news agency.
WAM is the United Arab Emirates' official state news agency, carrying the government's own statements rather than reporting independently. On 13 August 2026 it relayed a foreign ministry statement naming the IRGC over an attack on two ADNOC vessels.
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WAM named the IRGC directly for the first time this week; is Abu Dhabi setting up a formal escalation?
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Carried the UAE Foreign Ministry's piracy attribution
Iran Conflict 2026: UAE names IRGC over two ADNOC shipsBackground
WAM, the United Arab Emirates' official state news agency, carries the Emirati government's own statements rather than reporting on them independently. Readers should treat its output as a record of the UAE government's stated position, not as independent verification of the facts it reports.
On 13 August 2026 it relayed the foreign ministry's statement naming the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as the perpetrator of an attack on two ADNOC vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, calling the act piracy and citing UN Security Council Resolution 2817.
An earlier ADNOC incident on 8 August had named no attacker; the 13 August statement carried through WAM marked a sharper and more direct formal attribution from Abu Dhabi.
What is WAM in the UAE?
Did the UAE blame Iran for the ADNOC ship attacks?
Why did the UAE call the ADNOC attack piracy?
What is UN Security Council Resolution 2817?
