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The US and Israel continue to strike Iran, hitting oil storage depots and refining facilities for the first time.

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Al Jazeera investigation raises questions over deadliest single attack of war that killed 165 schoolgirls and staff.

E NERGY ANALYSTS modelling a war involving Iran have long feared two developments: the Islamic Republic lashing out at its oil-rich neighbours and a blockade of the Strait of Horm ...