Qatar had developed a friendly partnership and alliance with Iran which was the object of sabotage in early 2022 by the Biden administration.

This alliance was based on the joint production of the North and South Pars Fields in the Persian Gulf. Under this partnership, Qatar and Iran shared the largest maritime natural gas base in the world. 

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President Joe Biden informed the media prior to his White House meeting with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, that Qatar had accepted to become:

A “Major Non-NATO Ally” (MNNA).

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The MNNA appointment is granted to “close allies” which are not members of NATO but which have “a strategic working relationship” with the U.S. Military.

According to the US State Department the “Major Non-NATO Ally” (MNNA) designation:

“is a powerful symbol of the close relationship the United States shares with those countries and demonstrates our deep respect for the friendship for the countries to which it is extended.” (emphasis added)

The “Major Non-NATO Ally of the US label, was largely intended to weaken Qatar’s longstanding partnership with Iran which consists in the joint Iran-Qatar ownership of the World’s largest maritime gas reserves

“President Biden said on [January 31, 2022] that he would name Qatar as a “major non-NATO Ally” of the United States, a designation that will clear the way for greater security cooperation and investment in the Gulf nation at a time when Mr. Biden is seeking help boosting natural gas supplies in Europe.

I am notifying Congress that I will designate Qatar as a major non-NATO ally to reflect the importance of our relationship,” Mr. Biden said.” (NYT, emphasis added)

There is something “fishy” regarding the appointment of Qatar (a small country with about 300,000 citizens) to the status of a “major non-NATO ally”(MNNA).

On Behalf of the Pentagon? Against whom? Visibly against Iran

The South Pars North Dome: the Planet’s Largest Maritime Gas Reserves

Israel Bombs South Pars Field on Wednesday 18, 2026.

The South Pars North Dome reserves far surpass all major maritime gas reserves Worldwide combined held by Russia, Iran, Netherlands, Norway, Egypt, Turkmenistan, US, etc.

It has recoverable reserves of 35,000 km3.

“South Pars is part of the world’s largest natural gas reserves, located offshore in the Persian Gulf.  It [was] shared between Iran and Qatar, which calls its part of it the North Dome”

The entire ​gas field contains an estimated 1,800 trillion cubic feet of usable gas — enough to ​supply the world’s needs for 13 years, according to Reuters.

Natural gas from South Pars is the biggest source of Iran’s domestic energy supply. The country has previously suffered power shortages because of disruptions to gas supplies, so any loss of production capacity would affect its ability to produce electricity and heat homes.” (CNN)

According to the White House, the action by Israel was taken without the permission of President Trump:

This operation took place shortly after Israel’s bombing of the South Pars Field on March 18, 2026

The mainstream media report is as follows:

Following this, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) threatened to attack oil and gas infrastructure in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, a move that would further seriously disrupt the region’s energy infrastructure, which has already been fractured by the war, now in its 20th day.

Hours later, Iranian missiles struck a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility at Ras Laffan Industrial City in northern Qatar. Doha reported that the attack caused three fires. (emphasis added)

The Ras Laffan Hub transforms natural gas into liquid (LNG). This action allegedly by Iran was carried out (according to Reuters) immediately following Israel’s attack of South Pars Field. This alleged Iran attack triggered an upward movement of energy prices.

What interest would Iran have in bombing Qatar’s LNG facility which provides LNG to a large number of countries.

Qatar, Russia and Iran are the largest holders Worldwide of  gas reserves. In 2009 they reached an agreement to create a ‘gas troika’, a trilateral gas cooperation entity including the development of joint projects.

Russia, Iran and Qatar control 54.1% of the World’s Reserves of Natural Gas. (2009)

Turkey is an ally of Russia, Iran and Qatar. Its strategic role has been in the development of gas pipeline routes in liason with the Qatar, Iran, Russia “gas troika”

A large number of countries including South Korea, India, Japan, China are importing LNG from Qatar.

Qatar has also a strategic alliance with China. In November, 2022 ‘Qatar Energy signed a 27-year deal to supply China’s Sinopec with liquefied natural gas”.

It is highly unlikely that Iran was behind the bombing of Qatar’s Ras Laffan.

–Break the Qatar-Iran Partnership

–Exclude Iran from the Joint Maritime Gas Field

-Exert US Control over the Maritime Gas Field in the Persian Gulf

-Weaken and Disable the “Gas Troika” (Russia, Iran, Qatar)

-Create Chaos in the Global Energy Market, 

-Undermine the Trade in Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) to Numerous Countries

And it’s taking place in The Qatar Emirate. Will it Succeed?