Issued on: 14/03/2026 - 07:05Modified: 14/03/2026 - 07:14
By: FRANCE 24 A satellite image shows an oil terminal at Kharg Island in Iran on February 25, 2026. © 2026 Planet Labs PBC via Reuters Iran on Saturday threatened to launch attacks on US oil infrastructure after President Donald Trump claimed that the US had "obliterated" military targets on Iran's Kharg Island and warned that oil infrastructure there could be targeted next. The small island off Iran's south coast is the main transit point for the country's oil exports. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
The Iranian armed forces have said that any attack on Iran's oil and energy infrastructure will lead to attacks on energy infrastructure owned by oil companies cooperating with the United States in the
The warning came after President Donald Trump said that the United States destroyed military targets on Iran's main oil hub of Kharg Island. The island serves as the export terminal for 90% of Iran's oil shipments.
The United States on Friday told its non-emergency US government employees in Oman and their family members to leave the Gulf country as war rages in the Middle East.
The State Department updated its advisory to warn Americans of "safety risks," noting "there has been an ongoing threat of drone and missile attacks from Iran and significant disruptions to commercial flights."
Two people were killed by drone in northern Oman, state media reported Friday, as Iran continues its retaliatory attacks on neighboring countries.
A missile struck a house used by the powerful Iran-backed group Kataeb Hezbollah in Iraq's capital Baghdad on Saturday, killing one person and wounding two others, a security source told AFP.
"At 2:15am (1115 GMT Friday), a missile struck a house that was being used by Kataeb Hezbollah," said the security source, adding that "a key figure was martyred," and two members of the group were wounded.
AFP journalists heard loud bangs in the capital followed by ambulance sirens, with witnesses saying they saw smoke rising from an area in the city's centre.
The US Energy Departmen has said it expected early deliveries of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve to begin moving to the market by the end of next week amid the Iran war.
President Donald Trump has said that the US military had heavily bombed military targets on Iran's Kharg Island, which handles almost all of Iran's crude exports, and threatened to hit the island's oil infrastructure.
"The United States Central Command executed one of the most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East, and totally obliterated every MILITARY target in Iran's crown jewel, Kharg Island," Trump said on social media.
"I have chosen NOT to wipe out the Oil Infrastructure on the Island. However, should Iran, or anyone else, do anything to interfere with the Free and Safe Passage of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz, I will immediately reconsider.
Interceptors were seen over the Qatari capital's downtown area downing two projectiles, an AFP journalist said, as Iran presses its retaliatory air campaign against Gulf states.
The Gulf state's defence ministry said its military had "intercepted missile attack which targeted State of Qatar".
An Israeli strike on a primary healthcare centre in southern Lebanon killed at least 12 medical personnel, the Lebanese health ministry has said as the war between Israel and Hezbollah rages on.
In a statement, the ministry said it "mourns the healthcare workers in Burj Qalawiya who were killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted the town's primary healthcare centre", adding that "12 doctors, paramedics and nurses on duty at the centre were killed, and one healthcare worker was injured" while rescue operations were still ongoing.
The ministry said the attack was "the second against the health sector in a few hours", following a strike on Sawaneh that killed two paramedics affiliated with Hezbollah and its ally Amal.
Qatar's interior ministry on Saturday said it was evacuating a number of areas as Iran presses its retaliatory air campaign against Gulf countries.
The ministry said in a statement it was "evacuating several key areas as a temporary precautionary measure, within the framework of ensuring public safety until the danger has passed".
In Doha's central Musheireb district some residents received phone alerts telling them to "evacuate the area immediately... to the nearest safest place as a temporary precaution".
Iran launched a fresh round of missiles towards Israel, state media reported just after midnight on Saturday in Tehran, but Israeli rescue workers said there were no reported casualties.
Israel's military said it had identified missiles from Iran and "was operating to intercept the threat," as air raid sirens in multiple areas sent people into shelters.
Less than 30 minutes after the launch alert, the military's Home Front Command issued a notice allowing people to leave their shelters.
The Magen David Adom emergency services said "no casualties are known" after the missile fire.
Police said they were checking reports that weapons fragments had impacted an area in southern Israel.
Welcome to the FRANCE 24 liveblog covering the war in the Middle East.
Page not found The content you requested does not exist or is not available anymore.
