The blaze erupted in several tanks containing highly flammable materials at an industrial site in the Al-Ahmadi Industrial ...
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The day 700 oil wells were set on fire

In February 1991, as Iraqi forces retreated from Kuwait, more than 700 oil wells were deliberately sabotaged and set ablaze.
Kuwait oil claim on hold as powers seek Iraq deal. GENEVA, Switzerland (Reuters) -- The United Nations Gulf War reparations body on Wednesday put off debate for a day on Kuwait's ...
Iran, which is seeing one of its biggest and deadliest protests since the 1979 Iranian Revolution, has been warned of ...
In the early 1990s, hundreds of oil wells burned uncontrollably across Kuwait after retreating Iraqi forces set them ablaze. Conventional firefighting methods proved dangerously slow against infernos ...
Five squads of the Kuwait Fire Force (KFF) have managed to put out a fire erupted at a warehouse containing highly flammable substances inside an Al-Ahmadi industrial zone, the KFF announced on ...
At 7 a.m., the earth began to rumble. Suddenly, oil blew out of its well in a massive eruption that towered 200 feet in the air and sprayed the fearful villagers of La Rosa.
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The shift could signal Iraq’s gradual pivot back toward the West, as U.S. and European energy investments anchor Baghdad’s ...
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Gulf nations don't want the chaos that a US attack on Iran or the collapse of the Islamic Republic would generate.