Kathmandu. Tensions in the Middle East and the Gulf region have escalated as the US-Israel conflict enters its third week.
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said on Friday that a drone attack hit its Mina Al Ahmadi oil refinery.
According to a statement posted on its official social media ‘X’, the drone attack in the early hours of Friday caused fires at several units of the refinery.
Some parts of the center have been closed as a precaution. No casualties have been reported in the incident and emergency crews are trying to bring the fire under control, the company said. In recent years, attacks targeting energy infrastructure in the Middle East have intensified. According to reports, Israel attacked Iran’s South Pars gas field on Wednesday night.
In retaliation for the Israeli attack, Iran has attacked the industrial city of Ras Lafan in Qatar. According to Qatar’s Ministry of Defense, this has caused great damage to the industrial sector there. On Thursday, Iran’s ballistic missile hit a major oil refinery in Israel’s northern city of Haifa, CNN confirmed. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia has reportedly destroyed four more drones in its airspace as the security situation deteriorates.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Sayyid Abbas Araghchi has issued a stern warning to Israel, saying that Iran has so far used only a small part of its power. “The only reason we exercised restraint was to respect the call for de-escalation,” he wrote on X. But if our infrastructure is attacked again, we will adopt a policy of zero tolerance. ’
Minister Araghchi also insisted that the damage to civilian sites must be properly addressed to end any war. The ongoing missile exchanges and military operations between Israel and Iran pose a serious threat to global energy supplies and security.
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