Iranian missile causes "extensive damage" at Qatar's Ras Laffan

Qatar intercepted four of five ballistic missiles launched from Iran, but one struck Ras Laffan Industrial City, causing extensive damage to key LNG facilities. Authorities evacuated installations ahead of the attack amid broader regional threats to energy sites.

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19 March 2026 at 07:36:14

Iranian missile causes "extensive damage" at Qatar's Ras Laffan

FILE PHOTO: QatarEnergy's liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facilities, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar March 2, 2026.

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Qatar said on Wednesday that it had successfully intercepted four out of five ballistic missiles launched from Iran, while the fifth hit Ras Laffan Industrial City and caused "extensive damage."

Ras Laffan is where the core of QatarEnergy’s LNG processing takes place. The state oil giant had earlier evacuated Ras Laffan LNG installations, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday, following Iran's threat to attack Gulf energy facilities.

Iran issued an evacuation warning for several energy facilities across Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar, saying they would be targeted by strikes "in the coming hours," Iranian state media reported on Wednesday.

-Reporting by Marwa Rashad; Editing by Jane Merriman and Mark Porter/Reuters