Key details on Iran war as conflict enters third week

CBS News
March 20, 2026
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Iran resumed military attacks on day 21 of conflict, striking Kuwait's oil refinery and launching missiles toward Israel.

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Escalating strikes on oil infrastructure threaten global energy supplies, which could raise U.S. gasoline prices at the pump.

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Iran has resumed attacks on regional infrastructure and Israel as the conflict enters its third week, striking a major oil refinery in Kuwait and launching missiles toward Israel. The attacks mark an escalation in direct Iranian military action targeting both energy infrastructure critical to Gulf economies and Israeli territory. The strikes threaten to destabilize the broader Middle East and draw additional regional and international actors into an expanding conflict. Kuwait's oil refinery hit represents Iran's targeting of economic assets beyond military installations, raising concerns about disruption to global energy supplies. The missile strikes toward Israel increase pressure on the Trump administration to respond and could trigger Israeli retaliation that further widens the war.

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