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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kalyeena Makortoff and agencies

Iran strikes Kuwait’s oil infrastructure before Opec+ supply talks

The damage from an Iranian drone attack on the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation headquarters in Kuwait City.
The damage from an Iranian drone attack on the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation headquarters in Kuwait City. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Iranian drones have struck Kuwait’s oil infrastructure, causing “severe material damage” that threatens to further disrupt oil supplies already hit by the US-Israel war on Iran.

The drone strikes on Sunday came hours before members of the Opec+ group of major global oil suppliers gathered to discuss how to bolster output despite Iran’s effective closure of the strait of Hormuz shipping route.

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