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Oil prices rise after Iranian missile attacks on US bases

The US is assessing casualties and damage to two of its airbases in Iraq targeted by Iran.

Iran has launched a ballistic missile attack on at least two US military sites in Iraq.

Oil prices have jumped following the attack and Asian stock markets have fallen.

In other news: Militias led by the Libyan warlord, General Khalifa Haftar, say they have seized the strategic coastal city of Sirte.

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