23-6-2025
Iran Monday evening attacked a US military base in Qatar. There was no confirmation of causalities.
A Defence Department official said that Al Udeid Air Base was attacked by short-range and medium-range ballistic missiles.
Iran acknowledged the missile attacks, saying the attack in Qatar matched the number of bombs dropped by the United States on its nuclear sites over the weekend, signaling its likely desire to de-escalate.
Meanwhile Qatar has strongly condemned the Iranian attack. Dr Majed Bin Mohammed Al Ansari, Advisor to the Qatari Prime Minister and Official Spokesperson for the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressed Qatar’s strong condemnation of the attack on Al Udeid Air Base by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
He described it as a flagrant violation of Qatar’s sovereignty and airspace, international law, and the United Nations Charter. Dr Al Ansari affirmed that Qatar reserves the right to a direct response proportionate to the nature and scale of this blatant aggression, in accordance with international law.
The Ain Al Assad base housing US troops in western Iraq was also targeted, an Iraqi security official who was not authorised to comment publicly told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. But Iran did not claim credit for that attack, which could have been carried out by militias. Agency reports