Oil tanker in Qatari waters hit by Iranian missile
Iran has targeted an oil tanker chartered by the Qatari state-owned oil and gas company Qatar Energy with a cruise missile in Qatar’s territorial waters, the Qatari defense ministry reported.
Iran has targeted an oil tanker chartered by the Qatari state-owned oil and gas company Qatar Energy with a cruise missile in Qatar’s territorial waters, the Qatari defense ministry reported.
Russia sees Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations as good friends and would like to boost cooperation with them, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
Hakan Fidan discussed the Middle East situation with the Foreign Ministers of Uzbekistan, Syria, and Qatar.
Turkish representatives have asked the Persian Gulf countries to refrain from participating in the military conflict with Iran. Ankara is calling on them to exercise restraint in this matter.
Qatar said it is not mediating between the United States and Iran, rejecting claims by U.S. President Donald Trump that Washington is engaged in talks with Tehran.
The region is going through a very difficult period
Azerbaijan's Minister of Defense, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov expressed his condolences to Minister of National Defense of Türkiye Yaşar Güler and to Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defense Affairs Sheikh Saud bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan Al Thani.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed deep sorrow over a helicopter crash in Qatar.
At least six people were killed in a helicopter crash in Qatar today. Turkish citizens were also on board.
The price of gas on the European exchange at the opening of trading on Thursday exceeded $850 per 1,000 cubic meters for the first time since December 2022, according to data from the London-based ICE exchange.
The foreign ministers of the 12 Arab and Islamic countries, who met in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh, described Iran’s strikes on Arab countries of the Persian Gulf as unjustified, and urged it to stop attacks in a joint communique.
Spokesperson for Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Majed al-Ansari condemned Israel for targeting South Pars, noting that the Iranian gasfield is an extension of Qatar’s North Field.
British Airways has cancelled all flights into Dubai until at least June, in a sign the carrier expects disruption in the Gulf to carry on for months.
Its schedule already includes a direct flight from Doha to Moscow on March 29
Qatar's largest airline, Qatar Airways, plans to resume direct flights to Russia as early as the end of March. Its schedule already includes a direct flight from Doha to Moscow, scheduled for March 29.
Qatar may postpone its previously scheduled expansion of LNG production by a minimum of one year. Currently, Qatar accounts for 20% of the global LNG supply.
The foreign ministers of the Arab League will hold an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss Iranian attacks on several of the group’s members, the bloc’s assistant secretary-general Hossam Zaki said.
The last special flight organized to evacuate Georgian citizens from the Middle East has arrived in Georgia from Oman.
Saudi Arabia condemns Iran's attacks with unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) against Azerbaijan, the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
It is dangerous to stay there until the situation in the region stabilizes