US EditionTrump says Israel attacked Iran gas field without US and Qatari involvement, warns against attacks on Qatar
Trump denies U.S. involvement in Israel’s strike on Iran’s South Pars gas field and warns Iran against further attacks on Qatar, threatening to target Iranian gas facilities.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump threatened to "massively blow up the entirety" of Iran's South Pars gas field if Iran attacks Qatari energy sites again, following Iranian missile strikes on Qatar's Ras Laffan facility.
- Israeli airstrikes hit the South Pars gas field on Wednesday, causing extensive damage; Trump claimed the U.S. "knew nothing" about the operation, though senior officials reported Washington coordinated the strike.
- Retaliatory Iranian missile strikes caused "sizeable fires" at Qatar's Ras Laffan hub, disrupting global supply, while Brent crude prices surged to $114 a barrel amid market volatility.
- Qatar expelled two senior Iranian diplomats, condemning the strike as a "flagrant breach" of international law, as Iranian missiles also targeted refineries in Saudi Arabia and forced the United Arab Emirates to shut key facilities.
- Analysts warn the conflict is drifting into a "war of attrition" as Iran restricts traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, and Trump is considering sending thousands more U.S. troops to the Middle East.
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Trump fueled mounting World War 3 fears after he threatened to obliterate the world's largest natural gas field in Iran. Trump took to Truth Social on Wednesday to threaten Iran, which recently launched a retaliatory attack on Qatar. In response to Israel's bombing of the South Pars Gas Field in Iran, the latter launched a missile strike on Qatar's LNG facility, Ras Laffan Industrial City, on 18 March. Clarifying that the US did not know about t…
Israel's South Pars missile strikes knock out a fifth of Qatar's LNG production
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Trump and Netanyahu trade barbs as gas price surge threatens Iran War alliance: US insists they were NOT told of plans to hit fuel plant but Israeli officials deny that - and Bibi says it's 'fake news' that Tel Aviv dragged Washington into the conflict
The US President sparked speculation of a split with his ally after insisting he 'knew nothing' of its plan to hit South Pars in Iran , the world's largest gas field.
Targeting of Energy Facilities turned Iran War into worst‑case Scenario for Gulf States
By Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rice University (The Conversation) – The U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran took a dangerous turn on March 18, 2026, with tit-for-tat strikes on critical energy infrastructure that amount to the most serious regional escalation since the conflict began. First, an Israeli drone strike targeted facilities at Iran’s Asaluyeh complex, damaging four plants that treat gas from the offshore South Pars field, which…
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