Iran Strikes Qatar LNG Facilities a Second Time

In the early hours of Thursday March 19, Iran launched a second wave of ballistic missiles against Qatar's Ras Laffan Industrial City — the world's largest LNG complex. QatarEnergy confirmed 'sizeable fires and extensive further damage' at several LNG facilities, distinct from Wednesday's first strike which damaged the Pearl GTL plant. No casualties were reported. The second attack compounded global LNG supply fears: Ras Laffan supplies approximately 20% of world LNG. The strikes directly triggered US President Trump's Truth Social post threatening to 'massively blow up the entirety of South Pars' if Qatar is hit again — his most explicit US military threat of the war, and a public rupture with Israel whose South Pars strike set off the chain of retaliatory energy targeting.

Key facts

• •Second Iranian missile wave strikes Ras Laffan — 'sizeable fires and extensive further damage' at several LNG facilities
• •First attack on Wednesday hit Pearl GTL plant; second attack strikes multiple additional LNG trains
• •No casualties reported in either attack; emergency response teams deployed
• •Ras Laffan is the world's largest LNG export hub — ~20% of global supply
• •Trump responded with threat to destroy all of South Pars if Qatar is struck again