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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jon Gambrell,David Rising and Sally Abou Aljoud

Iran's unrelenting attacks on Mideast shipping and energy infrastructure send oil prices soaring

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Unrelenting Iranian attacks on shipping traffic and energy infrastructure pushed oil above $100 a barrel on Thursday, as American and Israeli strikes pounded the Islamic Republic with no sign of an end to the war in sight.

Iran hit a container ship off the coast of Dubai, caused a blaze near Bahrain's international airport, targeted a major Saudi oil field with a drone attack and forced Iraq to halt operations at all the country's oil terminals after an attack on its port of Basra on the Persian Gulf.

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