US EditionSaudi Aramco temporarily shuts Ras Tanura refinery after drone strike: Report
Saudi Aramco shut the refinery as a precaution after intercepting Iranian drones; Ras Tanura processes over 500,000 barrels daily, highlighting risks to regional energy supplies.
- On Monday, Saudi Aramco temporarily shut its Ras Tanura oil refinery near Dammam after drone strikes, saying the closure was precautionary with no casualties and capacity over half a million barrels a day.
- Following a joint U.S.-Israeli strike Saturday, Iran and Iranian-backed militias including Hezbollah and Iraqi Shiite militias fired missiles at Israel and Arab states in a widening counteroffensive.
- The attack threatened a major oil facility, Ras Tanura refinery, which processes over half a million barrels daily, and authorities warned that debris can spark fires and injure people on the ground.
- The strikes have pushed the fighting into Gulf cities as militias across Iraq, Lebanon and elsewhere claim attacks, while Britain, France and Germany said Sunday they would work with the U.S. to stop Iran's attacks.
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Iran has intensified missile and drone attacks on Gulf countries, including targeting Saudi Arabia's major Ras Tanura oil refinery. Saudi Arabia has repelled the drone attacks and temporarily shut down the refinery. Officials in Gulf countries are shocked by the intensity of Iran's attacks.
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