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Kuwaiti oil refinery and desalination plant targeted in Iranian attacks

A handout photo released by the official Kuwaiti News Agency (KUNA)on March 10, 2022 shows the Al-Ahmadi refinery south of Kuwait City. Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) has announced launching the fifth liquified gas line at Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery, the company's second largest project after the clean fuel project. (Photo by KUNA / AFP) / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / KUNA" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ===

Kuwaiti oil refinery and desalination plant targeted in Iranian attacks

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  • ERBIL, IRAQ - MARCH 12: A member of Komala of the Toilers of Kurdistan, a Kurdish Iranian dissident group, guards against drone attack near their military bases hidden among the mountains on March 12, 2026 in Khalifa, Erbil Province, Iraq. The group is part of the Coalition of Political Forces of Iranian Kurdistan, an alliance of major Iranian Kurdish parties headquartered in Iraq. While all eyes are on the continuing US and Israeli strikes against Iran, another potential battlefront is brewing on the border with Iraq. Kurdish militia fighters are preparing for war with the hope of liberating their fellow Kurds in western Iran. (Photo by Sedat Suna / Getty Images)
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