Top updates: Iraq halts oil terminal operations after strikes, UN calls for end to attacks in Gulf
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Iran on Thursday launched fresh attacks against energy targets in the Gulf region, a day after it warned that it could wage a long war that could “destroy” the global economy, AFP reported.
In neighbouring Iraq, an attack on two oil tankers killed one crew member. Thirty-eight persons were rescued. The attack forced Iraq to halt operations at all its oil terminals, even as commercial ports remained functional, AP reported.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump maintained on Wednesday night that Iran was “pretty much at the end of the line”, but said that this did not mean that “we’re going to end it immediately”.
Here are more top updates from the conflict in West Asia:
- After the attack on two oil tankers, an employee at Iraq’s Basra oil terminal told AFP that it was unclear whether it “was a drone attack or explosive-laden boats”. Farhan Al-Fartousi, director general of Iraq’s General Company for Ports, said that a search was underway for those missing after the attack.
- Iran on Wednesday attacked a Thai-flagged cargo ship bound for the Indian port of Kandla, after which New Delhi said that commercial shipping should not be targeted and civilian crew members should not be endangered. The ship’s operator Precious Shipping said that the vessel, Mayuree Naree, was hit by “two...