New Delhi: Countries in West Asia including Qatar and the UAE allegedly reached out to Iran to strike deals to protect themselves from Tehran’s retaliation during the current conflict. The UAE and Qatar indicated their interests to drive up global gas prices or pay the Iranian government billions of dollars to prevent the war from reaching their shores.Qatar had engaged in secret negotiations to allegedly protect the Ras Laffan–one of its key liquefied natural gas refineries–from Iranian retaliation as the US and Israel launched strikes against Tehran at the end of February, The Washington Post reported Friday. Show Full Article…