Iran intensified its attacks on Friday, targeting oil and gas facilities around the Gulf in retaliation for an Israeli attack on a key Iranian gas field.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will hold off on any further attacks on the offshore gas field at the request of President Donald Trump.
Drone attacks hit Kuwait's Mina Al-Ahmadi oil refinery, causing several fires but no casualties, while Saudi Arabia's defence ministry said it had intercepted and destroyed more than a dozen drones.
The UAE authorities have arrested at least five members of a 'terrorist network' linked to Iran and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
Crude oil prices fell from their highest close since July 2022, but oil officials in Saudi Arabia project that oil prices could soar past $180 a barrel if disruptions persist until late April.
