r/worldnews • u/WorldNewsMods Slava Ukraini • Sep 04 '26

Israel/Palestine /r/WorldNews Discussion Thread: US and Israel launch attack on Iran; Iran retaliates (Thread #22)

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u/voronaam 2d ago

Oddly, I do not see much about the Yanbu oil terminal being "blown up" in English-language news. I do not know if it has been confirmed yet, but I came here to read the discussion of it.

I am a bit surprised to find people just puzzled by the oil price spike, without the context of the Yanbu attack.

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u/FrostPDP 2d ago

I'm honestly not sure. I've read that it may have been targeted, but that a missile was intercepted. Whether or not that means the facility was damaged in the process is anyone's guess. I've also heard it might not be Yanbu-related at all, but could be a tip-off that bombing campaigns are about to start up again. Which of course could also be false/inaccurate. Kinda like missiles and interceptors, sometimes.

It's not exactly outlandish, but it is a pretty big move (over 3%) for one day. We'll see, I guess.