Iran steps up strikes on Kurdish opposition bases in northern Iraq

Iran steps up strikes on Kurdish bases in northern Iraq,Yemenis hit Saudi tankers in Red Sea

AfrOil - Africa Oil & Gas
MEOG - Middle East Oil & Gas
By bnm Gulf bureau 22 July 2026
Iran steps up drone and missile strikes on Iranian-Kurdish opposition bases at Erbil and Sulaymaniyah, with fresh attacks reported July 22. A US service member was killed July 18 by ordnance from a downed Iranian drone.
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.

Iran threatens regional energy infrastructure if US hits its bridges, power plants

AsianOil - Asia Oil & Gas
DMEA - Downstream Middle East & Africa
MEOG - Middle East Oil & Gas
By bnm Gulf bureau 22 July 2026
Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya headquarters says its forces will target oil, gas and power infrastructure across the region and block all oil exports if the US acts on Trump's threat to bomb Iranian bridges and power plants over Hormuz ship attacks.
The Niño 3.4 Pacific benchmark has already blown past the threshold for a

Super El Niño arrives more than a month early

REM - Renewable Energy
By Ben Aris in Berlin 22 July 2026
Sea surface temperatures in the Niño 3.4 region of the tropical Pacific have remained above the +2.0°C threshold for a "super" El Niño for more than a week, reaching an anomaly of around +2.1°C by mid-July — more than a month early.
Nearly 90% of Turkey's solar capacity is now decentralised rooftop and self-consumption generation, built with minimal state subsidy — though coal, not solar, remains the country's single biggest power source.

Turkey's unlicensed solar capacity hits 24.2 GW

REM - Renewable Energy
By Ben Aris in Berlin 22 July 2026
Unlicensed rooftop and self-consumption solar capacity in Turkey reached 24.2 GW by May 2026, taking total installed solar capacity to around 27 GW, according to grid operator TEİAŞ data.
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