Explosions boom in Qatar as Iran launches missile attack on US military base
Iran confirms it launched attack on US forces at Qatar’s Al Udeid Air Base. Qatar had earlier closed airspace following US attacks on Iran
Iran launched a missile attack on a US military base in Qatar on Monday, retaliating for the American bombing of its nuclear sites.
“Six missiles hit the American base at Al Udeid in Qatar,” the official press agency IRNA said, citing a statement from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, the ideological arm of the Iranian military.
Iran announced the attack on state television. A caption on screen called it “a mighty and successful response” to “America’s aggression”.
The attack came soon after Qatar closed its airspace as a precaution amid threats from Iran.
Qatar said it had successfully intercepted the missile attack and the incident “did not result in any deaths or injuries”.
“We affirm that the state of Qatar reserves the right to respond directly in a manner proportional to the nature and scale of this blatant aggression,” foreign ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari said in a statement, adding that the US base had been evacuated as a precaution ahead of the attack.