Iran has ratcheted up the pressure on several Gulf nations by attacking their energy facilities in retaliation for am Israeli strike on its South Pars gasfield, as the war threatens to further ignite the entire region into an even more ominous phase, all-out conflagration.The dangerous new developments in the war saw Iran hit Qatar’s Ras Laffan liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility early on Thursday amid a broader campaign that also included attacks on energy infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, raising serious concerns about global energy supply.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe attacks amid the United States-Israel war on Iran, launched by the two countries on February 28, followed Israel’s killing of Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib and its strike on the South Pars LNG facility on Wednesday.As Iran lashed out at its Gulf neighbours, which it has targeted relentlessly since the start of the conflict because of the presence of US facilities and assets on their soil, US President Donald Trump upped the ante further by threatening in a social media post to “massively blow up the entirety” of South Pars if Iran continued targeting Qatar.“I do not want to authorise this level of violence and destruction because of the long-term implications that it will have on the future of Iran, but if Qatar’s LNG is again attacked, I will not hesitate to do so,” said Trump.At the same time, Trump tried to distance the US from Israel’s attack on South Pars, describing his strongest Middle East ally as having “violently lashed out” at the facility and promising that it would not occur again if Tehran refrains from attacking Qatar. Advertisement Trump said the US had “nothing to do” with the strike on the offshore gasfield facilities in Iran’s Bushehr provi …
