JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a press conference on Thursday that Iran has lost its uranium enrichment and missile production capabilities.
Netanyahu said that these were two of the three goals of the joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran, and that the third goal, toppling the regime, now depends on the Iranian people. (Netanyahu-Iran-Uranium Enrichment)
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DOHA -- Qatar's Minister of State for Energy Affairs Saad bin Sherida Al Kaabi said Thursday that attacks on Ras Laffan Industrial City, the country's main site for liquefied natural gas (LNG) production, disrupted about 17 percent of Qatar's LNG export capacity, according to Qatar News Agency (QNA).
Two of the country's 14 LNG processing units, along with one of two gas-to-liquids plants, were damaged in the attacks, QNA reported, citing Al Kaabi, also the managing director and CEO of QatarEnergy, a Qatari energy operator. (Qatar-LNG-Disruption)
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TEHRAN -- Iran warned Thursday it would carry out more severe retaliatory strikes if the United States and Israel attack its energy facilities again.
Ebrahim Zolfaghari, spokesman for Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said in a statement published by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Sepah News that Tehran had not sought to expand the conflict to oil infrastructure or harm the economies of friendly neighboring states. (Iran-Energy Infrastructure-Strikes)
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq strongly condemned the "dangerous escalation" targeting Iran's energy facilities, read a statement by the Iraqi Foreign Ministry on Thursday.
The strike constitutes a direct threat to the security and stability of the region and a "clear violation of the fundamental principles and rules of international law," it said. (Iraq-Energy Facilities-Market Risks) ■
