Iranian drone shuts down major UAE oil refinery — Qatar warns of 'grave consequences for world economy'

An Iranian drone strike forced the shutdown of production at a major Emirati oil refinery on Day 11, according to Qatar's Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari. The UAE refinery strike — coming hours after he made his earlier statement — prompted al-Ansari to escalate Qatar's warning: 'This region cannot take these kinds of attacks on its facilities. We will see a humanitarian catastrophe.' He warned that 'what is happening right now is going to have grave consequences for the international economy.' The Emirati refinery hit adds to an already catastrophic supply picture: Hormuz is effectively closed, Gulf producers have cut 6.5 million barrels per day, and the Bahrain Bapco refinery is still burning from Day 10. The UAE is now under direct Iranian drone attack on its energy infrastructure — a significant escalation given the UAE had largely avoided direct Iranian military targeting earlier in the war. Al-Ansari pointedly blamed 'both sides' — noting both Iran's energy infrastructure strikes and IDF strikes on Iranian oil facilities (Bapco, Tehran oil depot) as dangerous precedents. The strikes on both sides' energy infrastructure are now threatening a supply shock that goes beyond even the Hormuz closure.