Iranian missiles cause 'extensive damage' to world's biggest natural gas plant in Qatar as Tehran furiously hits back across Gulf following US-Israeli strike on fuel facility - sending price of crude SOARING
By Jamie Bullen and Noor Qurashi
Daily Mail
Mar 18, 2026
Missiles caused 'extensive damage' in Qatar tonight hours after Iran threatened to wage a 'full scale economic war' by attacking energy facilities across the Middle East.
Video showed huge explosions in Ras Laffan - the world's biggest natural gas plant - as well as Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh.
The world's biggest natural gas plant in Ras Laffan, Qatar
Energy sites in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar were evacuated after Tehran warned it would hit them with strikes in 'the coming hours'.
The price of Brent crude soared this afternoon by more than five per cent to over $109.
'These centres have become direct and legitimate targets and will be targeted in the coming hours,' the Islamic Republic warned.
Earlier, Israel said Iran's intelligence minister Esmail Khatib has been killed in an overnight airstrike in Tehran marking the latest assassination to hit the regime.
Israel's defence minister Israel Katz declared Khatib had been 'eliminated' and promised more 'significant surprises' today as the Israeli military hunts down high-ranking Iranian officials.
It comes as Iranians gather for the funeral of Ali Larijani, the assassinated security chief whose death was confirmed by Tehran last night. Larijani and military commander Gholamreza Soleimani were assassinated yesterday.
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