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Iran Missile Strikes Damage Qatar’s Ras Laffan LNG Hub as Fires Are Contained With No Casualties

Doha blames Iran for a strike that threatens the world’s largest LNG export site.

Overview

  • QatarEnergy says missile attacks caused extensive damage at Ras Laffan, including the Pearl GTL plant and several LNG facilities, with all personnel accounted for and no injuries reported.
  • Qatar’s Ministry of Defence attributes the strikes to Iranian ballistic missiles hitting the key gas complex.
  • Saudi Arabia reports intercepting four ballistic missiles over Riyadh and destroying two drones, and Kuwait contained a limited fire at Mina al-Ahmadi refinery after a drone attack, with no casualties.
  • Qatar declared the Iranian Embassy’s military and security attaches persona non grata and ordered their departure within 24 hours.
  • President Trump states the United States had no knowledge of the operation and says Israel struck Iran’s South Pars gas field earlier, a move widely reported as prompting Tehran’s retaliation.