QatarEnergy<\/a>, announced on Monday that it had halted LNG production following Iranian attacks on its operational facilities in Ras Laffan and Mesaieed in Qatar.<\/p>\nIranian officials have publicly denied targeting QatarEnergy.<\/p>\n
Saudi Arabia shut down operations at the Ras Tanura plant, its biggest domestic oil refinery operated by Saudi Aramco, after a fire broke out at the facility that officials said was caused by debris from the interception of two Iranian drones.<\/p>\n
Iran\u2019s Tasnim News Agency quoted an unnamed Iranian military source as saying: \u201cThe attack on Aramco was an Israeli false flag operation,\u201d adding that Israel\u2019s goal was \u201cto distract the minds of regional countries from its crimes in attacking civilian sites in Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIran has announced frankly that it will target all American and Israeli interests, installations and facilities in the region, and has attacked many of them so far, but Aramco facilities have not been among the targets of Iranian attacks so far,\u201d the source told the agency.<\/p>\n
Tasnim quoted the source as saying: \u201cAccording to data provided to us by intelligence sources, the port of Fujairah in the UAE is also one of the next targets of the Israelis in the false flag operation, and this regime intends to attack it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Airports<\/h3>\n
Airports have been targeted in Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the UAE, and also in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region in Iraq. Officials have blamed Iran for the strikes, though Tehran has not publicly claimed responsibility for the attacks on those facilities.<\/p>\n
An Al Jazeera correspondent reported that Erbil International Airport was targeted twice on Saturday, with a drone attempting to target the airport and air defences intercepting and shooting it down.<\/p>\n
Qatar\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari told a news conference on Tuesday that there were attempts to attack Hamad International Airport, but they all failed.<\/p>\n
At Abu Dhabi\u2019s Zayed International Airport, at least one person was killed and seven wounded during what the facility\u2019s authority called an \u201cincident.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Dubai media office wrote in an X post that part of Dubai International Airport \u201csustained minor damage in an incident\u201d, without specifying what the incident was or who was behind it.<\/p>\n
The region\u2019s airspace, one of the busiest in the world, has been closed in the wake of the conflict, stranding tens of thousands of travellers. About 20,000 passengers have been stranded in the UAE, while almost 8,000 people are also stuck in transit in Qatar as the airspace remains closed.<\/p>\n
Qatar Airways, Emirates and Etihad, which together operate more than 1,000 flights daily, have suspended operations. Emirates on Monday announced limited flight resumption, but normal operations have not started.<\/p>\n
Hotels and residencies<\/h3>\n
The Interior Ministry of Bahrain said on Saturday that several residential buildings in Manama had been hit, reporting on X that the civil defence was engaged in firefighting and rescue operations at the affected sites.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, Iran fired 137 missiles and 209 drones across the UAE, its Ministry of Defence said, with fires and smoke reaching the Dubai landmarks of Palm Jumeirah and Burj Al Arab.<\/p>\n
Videos circulating on social media showed smoke emerging from the entrance of a five-star luxury hotel, Fairmont The Palm, in the Palm Jumeirah area.<\/p>\n
Qatar\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesperson al-Ansari said on Tuesday that Iranian targets are not just military, but all of the country\u2019s territory. He did not go into detail about which parts of Qatar are specifically being targeted.<\/p>\n
Al-Ansari said that all red lines have been crossed; from the north to the south of Qatar, Al Jazeera\u2019s Laura Khan reported from Doha, Qatar.<\/p>\n
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran had targeted a hotel complex in Bahrain because it was hosting US soldiers.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are not targeting our brothers or neighbours in the Persian Gulf. But we are targeting US targets, and this is clear,\u201d Araghchi said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe started by attacking their military bases, and they evacuated their military bases and moved them to hotels and created human shields for themselves. We try to target military personnel, infrastructure and facilities helping the US and its army in launching operations against Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n
Why is Iran targeting civilian infrastructure in the Gulf?<\/h2>\n
One of the reasons why the Iranians are resorting to hitting civilian infrastructure in neighbouring countries is to \u201cdemonstrate their military capabilities,\u201d Luciano Zaccara, Iran and Gulf analyst at Qatar University, told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n
\u201cIran is retaliating against all the attacks, not in one place, but in almost 10 simultaneously,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe other thing is the political message they want to give that if Iran is attacked, the impact will be global,\u201d Zaccara said, noting that the main message is that not only Iran, but the economy of the whole region, will be affected.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd neither the US, the region, nor the consumers of energy are able to continue this way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Zaccara added: \u201cBut at this point, they [Iran] don\u2019t care that much, considering that they have been under sanctions for a long time. So it\u2019s not affecting the Iranian economy that much. And the fact that the oil price is going up \u2013 even though they export very little \u2013 means they are still surviving.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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