As Iran retaliates for an Israeli strike on the South Pars gas field, one analyst warns the war is "now hitting the plumbing of the global energy system."

A ship burned off the coast of the United Arab Emirates and another was damaged off of Qatar, underscoring the ever-present danger facing vessels due to Iran’s stranglehold on the Strait of

An Israeli strike on Iranian facilities linked to the South Pars gas field marked a significant escalation in the war, prompting a furious Iran to attack major energy facilities of its Persian Gulf neighbors and Israel.

By Andrew Mills and Timour Azhari DOHA/RIYADH, March 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said an angry Israel "violently lashed out" and attacked Iran's major gas field, a significant escalation in the U.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said Israel “acted alone” in its attack on Iran’s largest gas compound, an action that President Trump said he did not approve of. Netanyahu, during a press conference,

Israel pledged to refrain from more strikes on a key Iranian gas field after Iran intensified attacks on oil and natural gas facilities around the Gulf, raising the stakes in a war that has sent shock waves through energy markets and the global economy.

Israel struck Iran’s South Pars gas field, the largest such facility in the world and which Tehran shares with Qatar, according to people familiar with the matter. The attack was designed to cut off an economic pipeline for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,

Within moments of Israeli jets striking Iran’s largest gas production plant, the US president posted a combative message on Truth Social. “We are putting them out of business,” he said. Hours later, he changed his tune.

Iran on Thursday attacked major energy facilities in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates after vowing to retaliate for Israel striking its gas field a day earlier.

Beirut/Tel Aviv5:05 a.m. March 26 Tehran6:35 a.m. March 26 Tehran offered its own terms to end the fighting that include a demand for reparations. Israel, concerned that the war might end before it can dismantle Iran’s weapons programs,