Gulf Allies Fuming at Israel and US After Gas Field Bombing, Report Says

"Arab countries were "furious" about Israel's attack on the South Pars natural gas field on Wednesday. The field provides most of Iran's natural gas, serving as a lifeline for the country after decades of heavy sanctions on its energy by the U.S. The natural gas field is the largest in the world, and is co-owned by Qatar."

"Arab countries were angered by "the U.S. failure to head [Israel's attack] off" and "had aggressively lobbied the Trump administration to stop U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure and now feel a target has been put on their backs.""

"Iran also struck oil and gas infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait, among other countries. This includes an attack on the Ras Laffan gas facility in Qatar, the world's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facility. Roughly 20 percent of the world's LNG supply is produced at the facility."

Arab nations expressed fury over the US-backed Israeli strike on Iran's South Pars natural gas field, the world's largest gas field co-owned by Qatar. The attack escalated regional tensions as Iran retaliated by striking oil and gas infrastructure across multiple Arab countries, including Qatar's Ras Laffan LNG facility, which produces roughly 20 percent of global LNG supply. Arab states had actively lobbied the Trump administration to prevent such strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure, fearing destabilization of global energy markets and direct threats to their own facilities. Officials characterized the US failure to stop the attack as irresponsible, leaving Arab nations vulnerable to Iranian retaliation.

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