DUE TO THE WAR GULF ENERGY INSTALLATIONS HIT AS THE OIL REFINERY FOLLOWING STRIKES

The ongoing war in Iran has many bitter lessons for the region and the world. Reports suggests that Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar are not only considering reducing their investment commitments in the IS but are also exploring options to remove American Military bases from their soil. It this happens, it will be the most transformative change in the regional security architecture since its inception almost fifty years ago. How this will unfold and what the future Gulf security architecture will look like remains to be seen where one thing is almost clear that National security cannot be bought or outsourced. Iran launched fresh strikes on energy installations in the Gulf on Monday including a petroleum complex in Bahrain, as oil prices soared on fears over supply disruptions due to the war in West Asia. Bahrain's sprawling AI Maameer oil facility was hit, causing fire and damage, with the countries state owned energy firm Bapco declaring force majeure -- the latest Golf producer to activate the legal clause. Energy producers in Qatar and Kuwait earlier made similar declarations which are a warning that events beyond their control may lead them to miss export targets. Bapco said it, hereby serves notice of force majeure on its group operations which have been affected by the ongoing regional conflicts in the Middle East and the recent attack on its refinery complex, according to the statement posted by the company. Gulf countries have borne much of Tehran's response after the US and Israel launched a massive aerial campaign against Iran on February 28.A total of 21 people have been killed in the Gulf since Iran began its attacks, including 10 civilians and 7 US service members. The latest strikes came after the US ordered the embassy staff to leave Saudi Arabia, following a rash of attacks targeting the kingdom. The state department said in a travel advisory it had ordered non - emergency US employee of the government and their family members to leave Saudi Arabia due to safety risks:-- Er Fateh chand Guleria, Director RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD, 3552 , Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh phone number, 9459334377