Fires Erupt At Qatar National Gas Hub As Iran Strikes Gulf Energy Sites

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🗓️ 19 March 2026

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New and rare Iranian strikes target the Saudi Arabia’s capital. According to CNN's Nic Robertson, some of the explosions occurred not far from where a high-level meeting of Arab and Islamic foreign ministers was taking place. Plus, Anderson speaks to the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Senator Mark Warner, who questioned DNI Tulsi Gabbard about why she failed to read the part of her opening statement that cast doubt on the president's justification for going to war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And good evening, topping tonight scene on global war coverage from the newsroom, new and rare Iranian strikes targeting Saudi Arabia.
0:13.0	There was also a strike at a Qatari facility.
0:15.0	Take a look at this video from Riyadh.
0:17.0	Asalam al-a-a-a-uhmatulah.
0:20.0	He, at first of the Uyad, the Uyad-Sanah 2Nambha, God. That is the Saudi capital under ballistic missile fire for the first time in more than two weeks.
0:33.9	Now according to CNS Nick Robertson, who's there, some of the explosions occurred not far
0:38.2	from where a high-level meeting of Arab and Islamic foreign ministers was taking place.
0:43.0	Saudi defense officials said that they also intercepted two drones. One was headed for a gas
0:48.1	facility in the kingdom's eastern province. Now, it was not Iran's only attempt today on oil and gas targets. We don't have
0:55.2	video of what Qatari officials say was a missile strike at one of their energy crowned
0:59.8	jewels, the world's largest facility for exporting liquefied natural gas. According to the
1:04.8	foreign ministry there, a strike started fires causing what they said was a significant damage to
1:09.9	the facility.
1:16.1	Israel today struck oil and gas facilities on Iran's south central coast, the country's semi-official Fars News Agency, reporting that powerful explosions had been heard at several refineries in the area.
1:22.0	Now, Iranian state media also accused the U.S. and Israel of hitting the South Pars natural gas field, and we'll talk about that more coming up, which is the largest in the U.S. and Israel of hitting the South Pars natural gas field, and we'll talk about
1:28.8	that more coming up, which is the largest in the world. There's also new reporting tonight
1:33.2	in the Wall Street Journal that you should know about that the president wants Israel to pause
1:37.5	strikes against Iranian energy infrastructure for now, but approved of the one today, according
1:43.3	to the journal, to send a message to Tehran.
1:46.0	The price of oil has now hit a 52-week high. Crude settled today to $107 a barrel, then climbed
1:52.1	further after hours touching the $110 mark in the futures trading. Not a hopeful sign for gasoline
1:58.7	prices, obviously. Gallon is now averaged averaging $3.84, according to AAA.
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