Arab governments are reportedly "enraged" following an Israeli strike on Iran’s South Pars gas field and the failure of the United States to prevent the attack. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), citing sources familiar with the matter.
The publication’s interlocutors stated that authorities in Arab states had "aggressively" urged the American administration to stop US and Israeli strikes on Iran’s energy infrastructure. Now, according to the sources, Arab politicians "feel they are under fire."
Following the strikes, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC, the elite units of the Iranian Armed Forces) announced its intention to attack oil and gas sector facilities in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar. According to the WSJ, evacuations of personnel from energy facilities that could be targeted have already begun in those countries.
Earlier, Majed bin Mohammed al-Ansari, an advisor to the Prime Minister of Qatar, stated that the Israeli strikes on the field represent a "dangerous and irresponsible step amid the current military escalation in the region."
On March 17, the head of the Asaluyeh district administration in Iran’s Bushehr province reported that a fire had broken out as a result of a US and Israeli strike on several facilities at the South Pars field. Later, US President Donald Trump claimed that Israel would no longer conduct strikes on the Iranian gas field facilities and asserted that Washington "knew nothing" about the attack.
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Based on materials from TASS