Now Kuwait’s refineries burn in new Iranian assaults as Trump threatens to ‘massively blow up’ large gasoline discipline and gasoline value jumps 30%: Live updates

Yesterday, Israel launched an attack on the Pars gas field.

It marked the first reported strike on Iranian energy infrastructure since the war began at the end of last month.

Iran, which accuses Gulf states of allowing US forces to conduct attacks from their territories, lashed out with a fresh salvo of missiles.

This included one which struck an airbase housing British and Australian troops in the UAE, while others hit the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh.

Donald Trump said he ‘knew nothing’ of Israel’s attack on the world’s largest natural gas field, South Pars in Iran.

However, he threatened to blow up the whole facility with ‘an amount of strength and power that Iran has never seen or witnessed before’ if Iran continues to attack Qatar.

‘I do not want to authorise this level of violence and destruction because of the long term implications that it will have on the future of Iran,’ he said in a post on Truth Social, adding he ‘will not hesitate’ to strike back.

Oman has denounced recent attacks on energy sites across the Gulf, including in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

‘Oman affirms the imperative of upholding international laws and norms, refraining from striking civilian facilities and global energy supplies, and expresses its solidarity with these nations,’ a government statement read.

Oman’s foreign minister Badr Albusaidi has claimed America has ‘lost control of its own foreign policy’ as he criticised Donald Trump’s handling of the US-Israel war with Iran.

In an opinion piece for The Economist, Albusaidi called on US allies to help extricate it ”from this unwanted entanglement’.

He wrote: ‘Twice in nine months the United States and Iran have been on the verge of a real deal.

‘It was a shock but not a surprise when on February 28th – just a few hours after the latest and most substantive talks – Israel and America again launched an unlawful military strike against the peace that had briefly appeared really possible.

Albusaidi also said Iran’s retaliation against US targets in neighbouring Gulf countries was ‘inevitable’ and a ‘completely unacceptable result.’

He added: ‘The American administration’s greatest miscalculation, of course, was allowing itself to be drawn into this war in the first place. This is not America’s war, and there is no likely scenario in which both Israel and America will get what they want from it.’

Iran has attacked five energy sites across the Gulf states as it vowed to wage a ‘full scale economic war’ against the US and Israel in response to an attack on the South Pars gas field yesterday.

Here is more information about the attacks which mark a major escalation in the US-Israel war with Iran which started 20 days ago.

• Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar

Qatar said Iranian missiles attacked the Ras Laffan Industrial City, the country’s main gas facility, causing “significant damage”.

• Mina al-Ahmadi refinery, Kuwait

The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said a fire broke out after a drone hit an operational unit at the Mina al-Ahmadi refinery, about 50km (31 miles) south of Kuwait City. The incident did not cause any injuries.

• Mina Abdullah refinery, Kuwait

The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said the Mina Abdullah refinery in the south of the country has also been hit by a drone, causing a fire.

• Habshan gas facility and the Bab oilfield, UAE

Authorities in the UAE said they were responding to incidents at the Habshan gas facilities and at the Bab oilfield caused by falling debris from intercepted missiles. No injuries have been reported so far.

• Samref refinery, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s Defense Ministry has said a drone crashed at Saudi Aramco’s Samref refinery in the port of Yanbu. The ministry added that damages are being assessed.

Qatari authorities have urged against holding mass gatherings ahead of Eid celebrations as Muslim nations mark the end of Ramadan.

A notice posted by Qatar’s interior ministry has urged activities to be limited to family visits and gatherings.

Parents are also encouraged not to let their children move between neighbourhoods on foot for safety reasons.

UK maritime security company Ambrey has said a commercial vessel has reported an explosion 40 nautical miles northwest of Free Port in Abu Dhabi.

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by Ross Clark

Blackouts. Economic paralysis. Empty supermarket shelves. Petrol and diesel rationing. Riots. As oil prices soar to unprecedented highs, Britain is on the brink of the worst energy crisis in our history.

The International Energy Agency has already described it as the worst-ever crisis to hit the world oil market. And experts across the political spectrum are warning this is just the beginning.

Prices have already passed $100 a barrel but Iran yesterday threatened to wage ‘full scale economic war’ by attacking major energy facilities across Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar in response to a missile strike on one of its major gas facilities by American and Israeli forces.

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China has today joined Russia in condemning the killing of Iranian security chief Ali Larijani by Israel.

‘We have always opposed the use of force in international relations. The acts of killing Iranian state leaders and attacking civilian targets are even more unacceptable,’ China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said at a news conference.

it comes as Vladimir Putin sent his condolences to Tehran following Larijani’s assassination, describing him as a ‘true friend’ of Russia.

Larijani, Iran’s wartime de-facto leader, was killed in an airstrike two days ago and his funeral took place in Tehran yesterday drawing thousands of Iranians onto the streets.

The Saudi defence ministry has said a drone has crashed at the Samref refinery in the port city of Yanbu on the Red Sea

The damage is being assessed.

Samref was one of two energy sites in Saudi Arabia warned of an attack by Iran yesterday in retaliation for the Israeli strike on the South Pars Field.

Jointly owned by the Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Company and ExxonMobil, the refinery has capacity to produce over 400,000 barrels per day of crude oil.

Oil prices have spiked as attacks on energy facilities in the Middle East have stepped up, heightening fears about major disruption to global supplies.

The price of Brent crude oil was rising by about 7% to cross $114 a barrel on this morning.

This means it was closing in on the highest level since the conflict escalated at the end of February.

Prices were up sharply overnight after Qatar said on Thursday that Iranian missile attacks had hit its liquified natural gas field Ras Laffan, ‘causing sizeable fires and extensive further damage’.

This followed reports that Israel launched an attack against Iran’s South Pars gas field.

US President Donald Trump said he ‘knew nothing’ of Israel’s strike and that he did not want to authorise ‘this level of violence and destruction’.

Saudi Arabia has warned Iran that Gulf nations have ‘significant capabilities’ as he warned Riyadh reserves the right to take military action if necessary.

Foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud made the remarks following attacks on two refineries in the Saudi capital.

He said:

The level of accuracy in some of this targeting – you can see it in our neighbours as well as the kingdom – indicates that this is something that was premeditated, preplanned, preorganised and well thought out.

I’m not going to lay out what would and would not precipitate a defensive action by the Kingdom [of Saudi Arabia] because I think that is not a wise approach to signal to the Iranians.

But I think it’s important for the Iranians to understand that the kingdom, but also its partners who have been attacked and beyond, have very significant capacities and capabilities that they could bring to bear should they choose to do so.