Washington DC, March 19 -- US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against striking Iran's South Pars Gas Field, amid escalating tensions in the Gulf region.

On being asked if he had a conversation with Israeli PM about attacking the oil and gas fields, President Trump said, "Yeah, I did. I told him, don't do that. He won't do that."

However, he later said, "We didn't discuss. We're independent. We get along great. It's coordinated. But on occasion, he'll do something. And if I don't like it, so we're not doing that anymore."

The remarks come after Iran launched ballistic missile strikes on Qatar's Ras Laffan Industrial City, targeting what the world's largest liquefaction fac...