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Two Chinese very large crude carriers carrying a combined 4 million barrels of Saudi Arabian oil are heading toward the Bab el-Mandeb strait to exit the Red Sea, shipping data showed, even as a Saudi vessel came under attack in the region, Reuters reports.

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