Drone attacks from Iran target Qatar's energy infrastructure and Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura refinery, jolting global markets in largest surge since 2022 Ukraine crisis.
Qatar, the UAE and other Gulf nations have spent years cultivating an image of being an oasis of stability in the Mideast. The current war risks undoing all that work.
The war spread further on Monday, with Israel exchanging fire with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, US jets being downed in Kuwait and Qatar taking out Iranian fighter planes.
President Trump also declined to rule out sending ground troops into Iran as the conflict spread into the Gulf countries and Lebanon and Israel exchanged strikes.
Iran's retaliatory strikes on the UAE, Kuwait, and Qatar highlight Tehran's strategic message to Washington, emphasizing the risks of US influence in the Gulf.
I'm not going to lie to you. I was hysterical... I was really afraid. We didn't know how long it was going to last. We didn't know how severe it was going to be ...