00:20Did the ceasefire last even a single day? Less than 10 hours after a fragile US-Israel-Iran
00:29truce. Iran unleashed missiles and drones on the UAE and Kuwait. Is peace dead before it even begins?
00:38It all started Wednesday morning. Iran's strategic Lavon Island oil refinery in the Persian Gulf
00:45was hit in what Iranian officials called a cowardly enemy attack. Firefighters contained
00:51the blaze and thankfully no casualties were reported, but the damage was enough to spark
00:57retaliation. Iran quickly fired missiles and drones at the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.
01:04In the UAE, air defenses intercepted most threats, but debris ignited fires at the Buruj petrochemical
01:12plant in Ruwais Industrial City, temporarily halting operations. In Kuwait, drones hit energy facilities,
01:20including the Kuwait petroleum headquarters, power stations and desalination plants causing material
01:26damage. Iran framed this strike as direct retaliation for the Lavon assault. The ceasefire, announced just
01:34hours earlier by US President Donald Trump and brokered with Pakistani mediation, was supposed
01:41to pause hostilities for two weeks. It called for the safe reopening of the Strait of Hormuz in exchange
01:48for a U.S. halt on planned strikes. But within minutes, missile alerts rang out across Israel, Saudi
01:55Arabia, Bahrain and the Gulf states, showing just how fragile this pause really was. This latest flare-up
02:02fits a month-long pattern of tit-for-tat attacks. Since the 2026 U.S.-Israel-Iran war began, energy
02:11infrastructure. Oil refineries, gas plants, desalination facilities has been repeatedly targeted.
02:18Gulf air defenses intercept most attacks, but debris and direct hits continue to disrupt operations. Oil prices,
02:26which briefly fell on ceasefire news, are now back under pressure. The region's energy
02:32backbone remains a prime target, making the ceasefire highly precarious. Negotiations are scheduled to
02:39start in Islamabad on Friday, but analysts warn repeated attacks could unravel the truce before it
02:45gains traction. So what's next? Will talks in Pakistan stabilize the situation, or is the fragile ceasefire
02:53already shattered? One thing is clear, the war may have paused, but the conflict, and the stakes, are far from
03:01over.
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