Fires broke out at Kuwait's Mina al-Ahmadi refinery after it was hit by Iranian drone attacks. Photo: AP/Al JazeeraFirefighters battled a blaze at a giant oil refinery in Kuwait on Friday after a fresh drone attack as Iran kept up a wave of strikes on its neighbours and vowed there was “no concern” about its missile production. Iran’s leaders, despite an Israeli assassination campaign and three weeks of bombardment, have vowed to end the conflict on their own terms. Moments after his message was shared by the agency, the Revolutionary Guards said he had been killed in US-Israeli strikes. Iran retains a stranglehold over the strategic Strait of Hormuz through which a fifth of global oil and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) usually flows.

Source: Punch March 20, 2026 08:45 UTC