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Drone attacks caused occurrence astatine Kuwait’s Mina Al-Ahmadi lipid refinery connected Friday (March 20, 2026), authorities media reported, arsenic authorities successful respective Gulf states said they were responding to attacks from Iran.
Iran has stepped up attacks connected Gulf vigor infrastructure successful caller days, hitting refineries and the world’s biggest state hub successful Qatar, arsenic Tehran retaliated implicit Israeli strikes connected its South Pars state field.
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The authoritative Kuwait News Agency, citing the nationalist lipid company, said “several hostile drone attacks” deed the Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery, causing fires but nary casualties.
It said firefighters were moving to incorporate the blazes portion “several refinery units were unopen down”.
Earlier connected Friday (March 20), Bahrain’s interior ministry said that shrapnel from an “Iranian aggression” caused a occurrence astatine a warehouse, which was brought nether power and resulted successful nary injuries.
In Kuwait, an service connection said aerial defences were “responding to hostile rocket and drone threats”, portion the UAE authorities media reported “incoming rocket and drone threats from Iran”.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said successful a connection carried by the Tasnim quality bureau that they had targeted US forces successful the UAE’s Al-Dhafra aerial basal arsenic good arsenic sites successful Israel with missiles and drones.
Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry said that wrong astir 2 hours, its forces had “intercepted and destroyed” much than a twelve drones successful the country’s eastbound and different successful the north.
