Qatar strongly condemns the recent attacks by Iran on energy facilities in both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. This is stated in a statement that Qatar's Foreign Ministry shared on the social media X on Thursday night.
The attacks are described as a clear violation of international law and a serious threat to global energy security, shipping and the environment.
- The Foreign Ministry emphasizes that Iran's brutal attacks on countries in the region have crossed all red lines by hitting civilians, civilian objects and crucial facilities, it says.
QatarEnergy, Qatar's state-owned energy company, announced in a statement on Thursday night, according to the Reuters news agency, that several of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities have been hit by missile attacks. It has sparked major fires and caused extensive damage, it says.
- Emergency services were immediately dispatched to limit the damage, and no injuries have been reported.
On Wednesday evening, QatarEnergy said that Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar's primary facility for the production of liquefied natural gas, had caught fire after an Iranian missile attack.
Iranian state TV also reported the repeated attacks early Thursday. Here, according to the news agency AFP, a missile has hit Ras Laffan again, just hours after it was hit the first time.
- Qatar's Ras Laffan refinery hit by missile again, is burning, writes the state radio and television station Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcastings (Irib) on Telegram.
Qatar's Interior Ministry reports, according to Reuters, that two fires in the area near Ras Laffan are under control.
On Wednesday, Iran issued a warning that an attack on a number of energy facilities in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates was imminent. Abu Dhabi's media office reported on X on Thursday night that it had suspended operations at the Habshan gas plant. This was due to debris from missile interceptions.
There are no reports from here either that anyone has been injured.
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