Iran has continued to lash out at the Gulf States and Israel, striking a major oil refinery in Kuwait and warning it ‘will not surrender.’
It comes as the war appears to be escalating with America demanding capitulation and Iran digging in, determined to drag the rest of the region into the conflict.
Firefighters have battled to control blazes at the state-run Kuwait Petroleum Corp as US President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb more bridges and electric power plants. And an Iranian attack also hit an electricity and water desalination plant in Kuwait, resources which are vital for the civilian population. Emergency teams and emergency crews are responding alongside security authorities.
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Around 90% of drinking water in the desert region comes from desalination. There are huge fears in the region that Iran is now deliberately targeting desalination plants across the region as millions rely upon the facilities.
The clock is now ticking on an April 6 deadline for a Tehran surrender or face US bombardments on infrastructure across the country. But Tehran’s Foreign MInister Abbas Araghchi issued a fresh warning to Trump warning attacks on civilian infrastructures saying Trump “will not compel Iranians to surrender.
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There are also reports that early intelligence assessments of Iran’s missile capability may not have been as badly hit as previously thought. It is now suspected the country may still have almost half its original supply of launchers and missiles.
A US strike on a bridge connecting Tehran to the city of Karaj killed eight people and injured almost 100 according to Iran. The American bombing run split the bridge in half, causing widespread chaos in the area and Trump said his military: ‘…hasn’t even started destroying what’s left in Iran.
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A large military bridge near the city of Ifsahan was also hit as the American bombing campaign intensified. And overnight and into today the UAE has been hit and is “engaging with missiles” according to officials, Saudi Arabia has intercepted incoming weapons and in Bahrain the authorities ordered people to take shelter as air-raid alarms were set off.
And the death toll has continued to rise across the Middle East, with more than 3,000 people known to have been killed across the region. Israel and American air-strikes have killed more than 1,900 people according to the country’s health ministry.
At least 1,300 people have been killed in Lebanon, and 19 have died in Israel. Thirteen U.S. service members have been killed, and two more died of noncombat causes.
The British RAF Regiment contingent in northern Iraq is on permanent standby to intercept incoming Iranian missiles and drones. They have shot down dozens of drones in the past few weeks with their Rapid Sentry ground to air defence system.
In Lebanon war has continued to rage with Israeli airstrikes hitting targets across the south of the country and all the way to Beirut. The crisis has sparked a major refugee crisis with at least a million people displaced, sparking tension in cities.
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