Скачать или смотреть Huge Saudi oil refinery hit in ‘major’ drone strike

SAUDI Arabia’s biggest oil refinery has been blasted by an Iranian drone strike in a “significant escalation” in the Middle East.

Operations have been halted at the mammoth Ras Tanura refinery on the Persian Gulf coast after the blast earlier today.

Two missiles were intercepted and destroyed at the 550,000 barrel-per-day plant, according to the country’s defence ministry.

Torbjorn Soltvedt, Middle East analyst at risk intelligence firm Verisk Maplecroft, said Gulf energy infrastructure is now “squarely in Iran’s sights”.

“The attack is also likely to move Saudi Arabia and neighbouring Gulf states closer to joining US and Israeli military operations against Iran“, he said.

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