The war is escalating – a furious threat from Trump

The crisis in the Middle East threatens to escalate to a new level after the parties attacked fossil energy production facilities in various parts of Iran’s immediate surroundings.

The direct strikes on major gas facilities in Iran and Qatar represent a turning point, as previously attacks by the parties have only indirectly targeted the energy sector. Now underway is, among other things According to the BBC Escalation, which the countries of the Persian Gulf fear all the time, oil and gas production is the basis of their economy.

The first to attack was Israel, whose missiles hit Iran’s huge South Pars gas field on Wednesday. A war-changing attack as a result, Iran threatened immediately with counterstrikes on the energy facilities of the US Gulf allies Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.

The role of the United States in the background of the Israeli missile attack has been disputed, for example of the Israeli press and the American media According to Axios the attack was carried out with US approval. On the other hand, the President of the United States Donald Trump claims that “the United States knew nothing about this particular attack,” and furthermore, Qatar, which has been hit by Iranian counterattacks, blames the South Pars attack on Israel—without mentioning the United States.

Israel and the United States started the war by attacking Iran with airstrikes at the end of February. Iran has retaliated by striking several U.S. allies around the Persian Gulf, even though they did not participate in the attack and publicly opposed U.S. threats of war.

Qatar: Iran is dragging countries into war

Iran followed through on its threat of retaliation with a devastating attack on the Ras Laffan gas production facility in Qatar. According to the Qatari authorities, the missile strikes caused significant damage and fires in the energy industry center. Qatar strongly condemns the attacks.

“Qatar considers this attack a dangerous escalation, a gross violation of its sovereignty and a direct threat to its national security,” the country’s foreign ministry said in a statement, according to al-Jazeera.

According to Qatar, Iran’s actions are pushing the Middle East “towards the edge and dragging states that are not part of this crisis into the conflict.”

Qatar announced that it will expel the staff of the Iranian embassy from the country and demands that they leave within 24 hours.

A harsh message from Trump

In connection with the events, Donald Trump published a message with which he aims to stop the escalation. According to Trump, “angry about everything that happened in the Middle East”, Israel attacked Iran’s South Pars “violently” without the knowledge of the United States.

On the other hand, Qatar, an ally of the United States, which was hit by a counterattack, “was not in any way or form” involved in the attack and was not aware of Israel’s actions, Trump says in his Truth Social update.

“Unfortunately, Iran did not know this, and unjustly and unfairly attacked a part of Qatar’s lng gas plant,” the president continues.

According to Trump, Israel will no longer attack a “very important and valuable” gas field, unless Iran renews its own attack on Qatar.

“In that case, the United States, with or without Israel’s help, will blow up the entire South Pars gas field with a force never seen before by Iran,” Trump threatens with typical twists of phrase.

“If Qatari lng is attacked again, I will not hesitate to act like this.”