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Iran
launched
missiles
against
oil and
gas
facilities
across
Qatar,
Saudi
Arabia,
and the
UAE,
hitting
Qatar's
Ras
Laffan
Industrial
City and
setting
off
fires
there.
The
attack
on Ras
Laffan,
which
handles
roughly
a fifth
of
global
liquefied
natural
gas, has
sent
shockwaves
through
energy
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Iran
Missiles
Strike
Qatar,
Saudi,
UAE
Energy
Sites;
Gas
Prices
Surge
24%
Daoud
Al-Jaber
-
U.S./Middle
East
Affairs
Analysis
Tell Us
Worldwide
News
Network
QATAR -
The
US-Israeli
war on
Iran has
entered
its
twentieth
day with
no signs
of
de-escalation,
as the
conflict
spreads
aggressively
across
the
Middle
East and
now
threatens
global
energy
supplies.
President
Trump
announced
"major
combat
operations"
against
Iran on
February
28, with
massive
joint
US-Israel
strikes
targeting
military
and
government
sites.
Ayatollah
Ali
Khamenei
was
among
those
killed
on the
first
day of
strikes,
and his
son
Mojtaba
Khamenei
was
chosen
to
succeed
him.
Today's
most
alarming
development
centers
on
energy.
Israel
struck
Iran's
South
Pars
gasfield
— the
world's
largest
— and
hours
later,
Iran
launched
missiles
against
oil and
gas
facilities
across
Qatar,
Saudi
Arabia,
and the
UAE,
hitting
Qatar's
Ras
Laffan
Industrial
City and
setting
off
fires
there.
The
attack
on Ras
Laffan,
which
handles
roughly
a fifth
of
global
liquefied
natural
gas, has
sent
shockwaves
through
energy
markets.
European
natural
gas
benchmark
prices
surged
about
24%,
while
Brent
crude
climbed
roughly
6%,
hitting
$116 per
barrel.
Qatar
has
ordered
Iranian
security
and
military
attachés
to leave
after
the
strikes
caused
"extensive
damage"
to its
main gas
facility,
while
Saudi
Arabia
declared
that
"the
little
trust
that
remained
in Iran
has been
completely
shattered."
On
the
ground,
Iran has
vowed
revenge
after
Israeli
strikes
killed
security
chief
Ali
Larijani
and
Basij
paramilitary
commander
Gholamreza
Soleimani.
Analysts
warn
that
Larijani's
death
may
close
diplomatic
avenues
to end
the war,
as he
was
widely
regarded
as a
pragmatic
figure
who had
the
capacity
to open
negotiations.
At
least
1,444
people
have
been
killed
and
18,551
injured
by
US-Israeli
attacks
on Iran
since
February
28.
Meanwhile,
the
Senate
defeated
a war
powers
resolution
on
Wednesday
that
aimed to
block
Trump
from
escalating
the
conflict,
falling
short in
a 53–47
vote. A
Democrat-led
effort
to
restrict
military
action
against
Iran
failed
for a
third
time.
Trump
issued a
blunt
ultimatum:
if
Qatar's
energy
facilities
are
attacked
again,
the US
will
"massively
blow up
the
entirety
of the
South
Pars Gas
Field."
Defense
Secretary
Pete
Hegseth
is
scheduled
to
address
the war
in a
press
conference
Thursday
morning.
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