Refusing to bow to Trump's orders, Iran-backed faction attacks US Halliburton; chemical warehouse burns

Basra, southern Iraq — A fire broke out at a chemical warehouse owned by the US-based Halliburton following a drone attack in Basra province, southern Iraq, according to As-Sumaria television. Security officials said a drone struck American warehouses near the Burjesia area in Basra province. The specific chemicals stored at Halliburton’s facility were not disclosed. There is no information yet on the extent of the damage or possible casualties. The attack was claimed by a Shia faction. Halliburton is the world’s largest oilfield services company, based in the United States. In Iraq, the company provides upstream technical services, including drilling, cementing, production enhancement, and energy project management. The attack on Halliburton shows that Iran and its factional allies in the Middle East are unwilling to bow to orders from US President Donald Trump. Rather than submitting, they launched attacks on a number of strategic points in the Middle East that host US and Israeli bases. Iran said on Friday that it had fired a new volley of drones and missiles at Israel, seven days into the Middle East war that began with the US-Israel attack on the Islamic Republic. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran’s ideological military wing, has begun firing drones and missiles at targets in the occupied territory (Israel) and US bases in the region, according to a government presenter.