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Saudi Aramco shut the Ras Tanura refinery (550,000 barrels per day) as a precaution after drones linked to Iran were intercepted; no injuries were reported. The closure adds to supply anxieties as regional tensions rise and Strait of Hormuz shipping activity slows, with Brent crude futures up around 10%.
Iranian drones attacked Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura refinery; the drones were intercepted and the facility paused operations as a precaution. The incident comes amid a wider wave of regional strikes that reportedly targeted locations in Kuwait, the UAE and elsewhere, with reports of a US fighter jet crash in Kuwait and damage to a French base in the UAE, as Iran appears to retaliate for recent regional actions.
Iranian drones targeted the UK’s Royal Air Force base at Akrotiri in Cyprus—marking the first strike on European territory—and Hit Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura refinery, as Tehran retaliates for U.S.-Israeli strikes; the attack widens the conflict and could sway energy markets and defense equities.