Saudi Arabia reserves the right to act militarily against Iran and any trust with Tehran has been shattered, the Saudi foreign minister said early on Thursday, after Riyadh was targeted by Iranian ballistic missiles.

Iran accused Israel of striking its ‌facilities in the huge South Pars gas field on Wednesday in a major escalation in the U.S.-Israeli war that sent oil prices shooting higher, and retaliated by vowing attacks on oil and gas targets throughout the Gulf, firing missiles at Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

In the harshest comments to come out of the Gulf kingdom in nearly three weeks of war, Farhan accused Iran of premeditated hostile actions against its neighbours, ⁠both directly and via an array of regional proxies which he urged Tehran to reign in.

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    3 hours ago

    That is absolutely a legal target for Russia too. It would also be suicidal and trigger article 5 of NATO.

    Just because something is not a war crime to do doesn’t make it a smart thing to do.

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      1 hour ago

      That is absolutely a legal target for Russia too. I

      Not according to international law, as I understand it.