Sri Lanka, March 19 -- Trump has vowed to "blow up the entirety" of Iran's South Pars gas field if Tehran moves to attack Qatari gas fields again. The warning comes after Iran, in response to an Israeli attack on its gas field, struck Qatar's largest Ras Laffan facility, sparking global outrage.

Iran broadened its strikes on major energy facilities in the Middle East, eliciting strong warnings on Thursday from Gulf Arab states that called it a dangerous escalation that threatened to draw them into direct combat with Tehran.

On Wednesday, in response to an attack on its South Pars gas field, Tehran launched retaliatory strikes on neighbouring Qatar's largest gas field, Ras Laffan, causing according to Doha "significant damage", and causi...