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Global oil prices surge after US strike kills top Iranian general, fans war fears

An Iranian technician stands at an oil facility in the Khark Island, on the shore of the Gulf. Oil prices soared more than four percent Friday. PHOTO | FILE | AFP

By  AFP

Oil prices soared more than four percent Friday following news that the US had killed a top Iranian general, fanning fresh fears of a conflict in the crude-rich region, with Tehran warning of retaliation.

The head of Iran's Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani, was hit in an attack on Baghdad's international airport early Friday, according to Hashed al-Shaabi, a powerful Iraqi paramilitary force linked to Tehran.

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