Live: Iran strikes US base in Qatar in response to US attack on Iranian nuclear sites
People film projectiles over Doha in Qatar on 23 June, 2025. Qatar has condemned an Iranian attack on the largest US military base in the region, hosted in the Gulf state, calling it a "flagrant violation" of its sovereignty".
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Qatar has condemned Iran for attacking the US' Al Udeid Air Base, calling it "a flagrant violation of Qatar's sovereignty and airspace".
Iran fired missiles in response to a US attack on Iranian nuclear facilities at the weekend.
Explosions were heard over Qatar's capital Doha on Monday, a Reuters witness reported, shortly after a Western diplomat said there had been a credible Iranian threat against the base.
Iranian state TV later said the country had begun an operation against a US base in Qatar.
Qatar said it reserved the right to respond directly and in accordance with international law.
Israel had earlier carried out fresh strikes against Iran including on the capital Tehran and the Iranian nuclear facility at Fordow, a target of the US attack at the weekend.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed the notorious Evin prison had been targeted, alongside several other sites, including the flagship building of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard. Corps.
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