A rocket landed at a residential and operations headquarters of several global major oil companies near Iraq's southern city of Basra early on Wednesday, wounding three Iraqi workers.
BASRA, Iraq — A rocket landed at a residential and operations headquarters of several global major oil companies, including U.S. giant ExxonMobil, near Iraq's southern city of Basra early on Wednesday, wounding three Iraqi workers, police said.
last month, citing unspecified threats from Iran against U.S. interests in neighboring Iraq, where Tehran supports some Shi'ite militias. Members of the oil police guard near the West Qurna-1 oilfield, which is operated by ExxonMobil, near Basra, Iraq May 20, 2019.Oil officials said operations including exports from southern Iraq were not affected by the incidents.
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