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GCC chief condemns Iranian strike on Qatar energy facility Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi condemned the Iranian strike on Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City, calling it a “dangerous aggression” and a violation of international law. He said the attack represented an unacceptable escalation that threatens regional security and global stability. Albudaiwi warned that targeting oil facilities and infrastructure risks disrupting energy markets and supplies. He urged the international community to act to halt further attacks and prevent what he called irresponsible conduct that could destabilise the region.

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Iranian strikes on Gulf energy come after Israel attacked Iran's South Pars gasfield and navy assets in the north.

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Saudi Arabia warns patience with Iran aggression not unlimited Saudi foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said his country’s patience with "Iranian aggression is not unlimited,” warning Riyadh reserves the right to respond. Speaking in Riyadh, he said trust in Iran has been “completely shattered” and accused Tehran of carrying out premeditated attacks on neighbouring countries. He said Iran’s justifications for targeting civilian sites were “unconvincing” and warned such actions would deepen its regional isolation. Faisal added that foreign ministers meeting in Riyadh agreed Iran must halt its attacks and stop supporting allied groups, stressing that threats to navigation and regional security require a collective response.

Senate G.O.P. Again Blocks Bid to Stop Iran War Until Trump Wins Authorization  The New York Times

Ex-Trump Administration Iran negotiator warns war is backfiring  CNN

Mossad agent tells senior cop he's on a 'blacklist,' augurs his demise in taped call obtained by WSJ, as Israel hopes crippling of domestic security forces will help lead to uprising The post Israel said threatening Iranian officers on the phone as part of efforts to stir unrest appeared first on The Times of Israel.

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Red Crescent says ambulance delays hinder response to Hebron strike The Palestinian Red Crescent said it dispatched five ambulances to a strike site near Hebron, where crews treated casualties and transferred them to nearby hospitals and clinics. Paramedics said they faced major delays reaching the area due to Israeli military gates around Palestinian towns in the occupied West Bank, many of which have remained largely closed during the US-Israeli war on Iran and its wider spillover in the region. “This forced closure caused significant delays, compelling ambulances to take long, rugged alternative routes, which critically impacted the ‘golden hour’ essential for life-saving interventions,” the organisation said in a statement.

Tehran defiant as US and Israeli attacks continue.

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JERUSALEM, March 18 (Reuters) - Three Palestinian women were killed in an Iranian missile attack in the occupied West Bank late on Wednesday, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, in the first deadly Iranian strike there — and the first to kill Palestinians — since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. The missile struck a hair salon in the town of Beit Awwa, southwest of Hebron, the Palestinian Authority's official news agency WAFA reported. Six women were wounded, one of them seriously.

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Iran is deciding who gets through the Strait of Hormuz safely and who gets threatened  San Mateo Daily Journal

'The United States is undermining itself': China is ignoring Trump's Hormuz request as the Iran war deepens and his Beijing trip slips  Fortune

Israel unleashes war on energy production and new Gulf fury at Iran Sean Mathews on Wed, 03/18/2026 - 20:49 Iran launched ballistic missiles at Riyadh while Arab and Muslim diplomats gathered in the capital, and attacked a gas facility in Qatar A picture shows a view of phase 12 of the South Pars gas field facilities near the southern Iranian town of Kangan on the shore of the Gulf, on 22 January 2014 (Behrouz Mehri/AFP) Off Iran launched ballistic missiles at Saudi Arabia's capital as senior Muslim and Arab diplomats were meeting in Riyadh, and damaged a natural gas facility in Qatar on Wednesday, in a sign that the US-Israeli war on Iran is spiralling into a no-holds-barred conflict. Iran’s attacks on the Gulf were a reprisal against Israel's strike on Iran’s half of South Pars, the world’s largest gas field that the Islamic Republic shares with Qatar. Gulf states rushed to condemn the initial Israeli attack that prompted Iran’s retaliation, but responded with fury at Iran. The UAE foreign ministry said in response to Israel's strike that targeting energy facilities “constitutes a dangerous escalation” that “poses a direct threat to global energy security, as well as to the security and stability of the region and its people”. “The Israeli targeting of facilities linked to Iran’s South Pars field, an extension of Qatar’s North Field, is a dangerous & irresponsible step amid the current military escalation in the region,” Majed al-Ansari, the spokesman for Qatar’s foreign ministry, wrote on X.  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Trump administration leaked to Axios that it was angry when Israel attacked Iranian fuel depots, sparking a dangerous acid rain in Tehran earlier this month. But Axios reported on Wednesday that the Israeli attack on South Pars was coordinated with the US. “Is the Trump Administration on board for this tit-for-tat escalation on oil and gas facilities? “ Kristin Diwan, a resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute, wrote on X. "Are they prepared for the fallout?” Later on Wednesday, CNN reported a US official told the news outlet that the US did not attack Iran's gas field; Israel did. Gulf fury at Iran grows The Israeli attack comes as the US looks to pressure Gulf states into joining the US-Israeli war on Iran.  While countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar and even the UAE were opposed to the war, experts say the daily attacks on their cities and energy infrastructure pose an acute problem. If the Gulf monarchs do not respond, they risk failing to demonstrate their red lines to Tehran and leaving the Islamic Republic empowered to strike in the future.   (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The strikes elicited a particularly angry response from Qatar. The foreign ministry said in a statement that it had declared the military attache and the security attache at Iran’s embassy in Doha, in addition to those working in the two attache offices, “persona non grata”. Nawaf al-Thani, a Qatari security analyst, wrote on X that Iran posed a risk to global energy supplies. “Iran’s aggression has now expanded to targeting Ras Laffan, a reckless and dangerous escalation into one of the world’s most critical energy hubs. When LNG facilities are brought into the line of fire, this is no longer just a regional conflict, it is a direct threat to global energy security,” Thani wrote. The Israeli strike was viewed as a major escalation because it marked the first time Iran’s energy production was targeted. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); A 'new level of confrontation' Iran was forced to halt gas flows to Iraq as a result of the strike. Iran itself produces 75 percent of its natural gas from the field. Iran said in response that it would target Saudi Arabia's Samref Refinery and Jubail Petrochemical Complex; the UAE's al-Hosn gas field; Qatar's Mesaieed Petrochemical Complex, Mesaieed Holding Company, and Ras Laffan refinery. The retaliation was swift. By wresting control of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran has turned the tables on US Read More » Qatar said shortly after that Iranian missiles caused “extensive damage” to Ras Laffan. The facility had already been closed due to the war, but the strike could make it more difficult for Qatar to resume production. “An eye for an eye equation is in effect, and a new level of confrontation has begun,” Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, wrote on X. Iran’s decision to target Riyadh while senior Arab and Muslim officials were meeting there is also a major escalation. Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry said it had intercepted drones and ballistic missiles in its oil-rich Eastern Province, as well as four ballistic missiles launched at the capital on Wednesday. The kingdom is hosting foreign ministers from several Arab and Islamic countries to discuss ways to bolster regional security and stability amid the war on Iran. Energy prices, already soaring as a result of the war, have risen further. Brent, the international benchmark, traded up 2.66 percent on Wednesday afternoon at $110.24 per barrel. Many experts say this price has become disconnected from the physical cost of energy, which is even higher. For example, crude purchased from Oman, which bypasses the Strait of Hormuz, is now trading at around $150 per barrel. Gulf states have seen oil export terminals and storage facilities attacked, but experts warn that if the conflict devolves into a wider war on energy production, it could leave lasting scars on the global economy after the shooting stops. War on Iran News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0

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The Iran war could sap American military power for years  The Economist