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It's Friday, March 20th.

I'm Deborah Pardace, and this is Ark News Daily.

What little trust there was before, has completely been shattered.

On Thursday, Iran struck Qatar's main gas hub, a single Iranian missile that escaped interception, hit a processing facility in the city of Raslafan, causing multiple explosions

and massive damage. This specific Qatari complex is responsible for supplying roughly a fifth of

the world's natural gas. Within hours, Iran also hit a Saudi oil refinery on the Red Sea coast and two

refineries in Kuwait. Responding to the strike during an emergency meeting of top Arab diplomats in Riyadh, the Saudi

foreign minister said the kingdom reserved the right to take military action against Iran and

was running out of patience.

I think it's important for the Iranians to understand that the kingdom, but also its

partners who have been attacked and beyond, have very significant

capacities and capabilities that they could bring to bear should they choose to do so. And the

patience that is being exhibited is not unlimited. Do they have a day, two, a week? I'm not going

to telegraph that. Disrupting global energy trade has been Iran's main strategy from the start of the war.

Now, Israel appears increasingly willing to play the same game.

On Wednesday, Israel attacked a gas field in southwest Iran.

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