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That is the moment an Iranian missile strike blows up Bahrain’s biggest petroleum refinery in a move that affects global markets.
An enormous fireball may be seen at the first refinery for the Bahrain Petroleum Company in Ma’ameer, following a ballistic missile attack against the ability by Iran.
Bahrain’s Ministry of the Interior says that a facility in an oil infrastructure area was attacked.
‘One facility in Maameer was targeted, and the relevant authorities are handling the incident’, it said in a post on social media.
‘The hearth that broke out in considered one of the facilities in Maameer, which was targeted by the Iranian aggression, has been brought under control. Limited material damage was reported, with no lack of life’
However it marked yet one more Iranian strike targeting the region’s oil industry, the lifeblood of the Gulf Arab states.
The Bahrain Defence Force said it destroyed 75 missiles and 123 drones ‘targeting the Kingdom for the reason that start of the brutal Iranian aggression’, in a post on its Instagram.
The violence has spread across the region, with attacks also reported in Saudi Arabia, Oman and Kuwait.
Maameer is home to the Bahrain Petroleum Company refinery, together with a variety of other factories that produce materials including concrete and asphalt.
Military analysts say the attack just isn’t directed at Bahrain alone but is linked to the country’s close strategic relationship with the US.
Benchmark US oil contracts of West Texas intermediate have soared greater than 5 percent to $78.88 per barrel, the very best level since January last 12 months, because the US-Israel war on Iran threatens supplies.
The international benchmark Brent North Sea crude jumped 3.6 percent to $84.34 per barrel.
Iran’s wave of attacks got here amid threats that the US would ‘bitterly regret’ torpedoing an Iranian warship within the Indian Ocean.
Elsewhere, a spiritual leader called for ‘Trump’s blood’, while Israel said it had begun a ‘large-scale’ attack on Tehran.
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Afterward Thursday, US President Donald Trump told news website Axios said he desires to be involved in choosing Iran’s next leader and called Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son an ‘unacceptable’ potential pick.
‘Khamenei’s son is unacceptable to me,’ Mr Trump said of Mojtaba Khamenei, the 56-year-old son of the supreme leader killed on the primary day of the war. Mr Trump added: ‘We wish someone that can bring harmony and peace to Iran.’
The president also derided him as ‘a light-weight’.
‘I actually have to be involved within the appointment, like with Delcy in Venezuela,’ said Mr Trump, referring to the acting president within the South American country.
Thursday’s other events within the Middle East
An Air France flight chartered by the French government to bring French nationals back from the United Arab Emirates was forced to show back on Thursday because of missile fire in the world.
Smoke is billowing above the world-famous Yas Marina as Iran continues to bombard the UAE with drones and missiles.
Hezbollah says it targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in Kfar Yuval, northern Israel with an RPG
The USA has suspended operations at its embassy in Kuwait City, the State Department said in a press release on Thursday, amid U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran.
Sri Lanka evacuates over 200 sailors from one other Iranian warship near its coast days after a US submarine killed tons of
Kuwait says it’s being attacked by missiles and drones
Azerbaijan halts truck traffic with Iran after drone attack
Contained in the smoking ruins of Iran’s national indoor stadium after US-Israeli strikes
UK to send more Typhoon fighter jets to Middle East ‘to guard British people’
Is petrol running out within the UK?
The UK’s petrol supply just isn’t yet running out, but persons are starting to fill up against advice.
Drivers have been told ‘to not panic buy’ by the AA as oil prices have subsequently skyrocketed, with the worldwide benchmark Brent crude increasing by 13% – the very best level recorded since July 2024.
Despite warnings, people have still been pictured in long queues.
Robert Little, a director of a truck fuel stop at junction 45 on the M6, told ITV News he thought fuel pumps could run dry.
He said: ‘I definitely don’t need to be scaremongering. But prior to the war, there have been big supply issues within the UK anyway. So I don’t see this making things any higher.
‘I feel it’s very worrying for everyone – every part that you simply’re buying is coming on the back of a lorry and the lorry needs fuel.
‘So if there are fuel supply problems, they’ll mechanically be product supply problems. It just stands to reason.’
Insurers at the moment are reportedly declining to cover ships passing through the Strait, and the US said it cannot guarantee safety predicting the disruption could last for days.
Ali Vaez, director of the Iran Project, said: ‘Closure of the Strait of Hormuz would disrupt roughly a fifth of worldwide traded oil overnight – and costs wouldn’t just spike, they might gap violently upward on fear alone.
‘The shock would reverberate far beyond energy markets, tightening financial conditions, fuelling inflation and pushing fragile economies closer to recession in a matter of weeks.’
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