Oil price goes to $100, Bahrain oil facility attack

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Run has been targeting fuel storage facilities

as the conflict of the Middle East enters its 13th day.

And that's, of course, been sending the price

of Brent Crude oil up over $100 a barrel.

Iraq has suspended operations at its oil ports

after two foreign fuel tankers were hit

in the southern port of Al Fah.

At least one crew member was killed

while another 25 were rescued.

The drone struck fuel storage tanks

at the port of Salala in a man on Wednesday,

strike trigger explosions and towering flames.

Salala's port is an important hub

for tankers seeking to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.

And a Thai vessel was hit by a projectile

while transiting the Strait of Hormuz

also on Wednesday.

The UK Maritime Trade Operations Center

set a fire broke out on board.

Twenty crew members have been rescued

following the attack.

Early Thursday morning,

Bahrain's Interior Ministry also reported

an attack on a fuel storage tank

had a facility in Marac Governorate.

They've blamed Iran for the attack

and said authorities are taking measures

to handle the incident to secure the site.

Meanwhile, there have been more strikes

on Iran with explosions seen

in the central city of Isfahan.

Iran says Israel and the United States

have hit nearly 10,000 civilian sites

since the war began,

getting more than 1,300 civilians.

Earlier, Israel was the target of a coordinated attack

by Hezbollah and Iran.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

confirmed it was the first joint attack

since the start of the war on Iran.

US President Donald Trump has urged oil tankers

to pass through the Strait of Hormuz

even as Iran tightens its chokehold

on the crucial maritime route.

Trump promised safe passage for the vessels,

but didn't provide details.

A fifth of the world's oil

and liquefied natural gas trade passage

through the Strait.

Iran says it's ready for a long war

of attrition that would destroy the world economy.

But the US President also said

the operation against Iran isn't over yet.

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