New Delhi, March 19 -- Iran intensified its attacks on Gulf countries on Thursday amid its conflict with the US as Tehran launched a missile strike early on the day on Qatar's key energy infrastructure, sending shockwaves around the world.

On early Thursday morning, Iran caught the world by shock, rattling already-suffering global energy markets, as it launched a missile attack on Ras Laffan, a key Qatari complex housing the world's largest liquefied natural gas export plant.

Qatar Energy confirmed the attack on Ras Laffan Industrial City, an area that is home to to the world's biggest LNG facilities and the Pearl Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) plant.

"In addition to the previous attack on Ras Laffan Industrial City on Wednesday, 18 March 2026, ...