Kuwait oil refinery hit again as Iran targets Gulf energy infrastructure
Al Jazeera
Attacks stretch from Kuwait to the UAE as analysts warn conflict is entering a dangerous new phase.
Drones have struck Kuwait’s largest oil refinery for the second day as Iran launched a sweeping assault on energy infrastructure across the Gulf, while explosions boomed over Tehran from Israeli attacks as the country marked the Persian New Year.
Fires broke out across multiple units at the Mina al-Ahmadi refinery, which processes about 730,000 barrels of oil per day, early on Friday morning, as Kuwaitis marked Eid al-Fitr, the celebration ending the holy month of Ramadan.
Kuwait’s national oil company said several units had been shut down, though there were no casualties.
The country’s military said its air defences were actively intercepting incoming missile and drone threats.
The strikes form part of a broadening Iranian campaign against Gulf Arab states, launched in retaliation for an Israeli strike earlier this week on Iran’s South Pars gasfield, the country’s largest, supplying about 80 percent of its domestic natural gas needs.
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