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.