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2026-04-05 09:11:07
[Foreign-Owned Oil Facility Attacked and Catches Fire in Basra Province, Iraq] Iraqi security sources reported that on the 4th local time, an Iranian drone attacked a foreign-owned oil storage facility within a logistics center in southern Iraq's Basra province, causing a fire. No casualties have been reported so far. The source did not specify the country of origin of the attacked oil storage facility. It is understood that the logistics center is an important industrial and oil facility concentration area in Iraq and a core hub for many foreign oil companies operating in Iraq's important Rumaila oil field. According to sources in the Iraqi energy sector, Iranian drones also struck an oil field north of Rumaila on the same day. Iran has not yet responded to these reports. (CCTV News)
