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Sky News
7 hours ago
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- Sky News
Iran says its carried out 'mighty and successful' attack on US base - as Qatar air defences 'thwart assault'
Iran claims it has carried out a "mighty and successful response" to "America's aggression" after launching missile attacks on a US military base in Qatar and Iraq. The attack comes after the US dropped "bunker buster bombs" on three key nuclear sites in Iran over the weekend. Iran's response this evening is the latest escalation in tensions in the volatile region. Qatar has said there are no casualties at the al Udeid base following the strikes and that its "air defences thwarted the attack and successfully intercepted the Iranian missiles". People in Qatar's capital, Doha, had stopped and gazed up at the sky as missiles flew and interceptors fired. A caption on screen called it "a mighty and successful response" to "America's aggression" as martial music played. Initial reports claimed Iran had also targeted a base housing US troops in western Iraq, but a US military official has now told Reuters news agency the attack in Qatar was the only one detected. A US government official has said the White House and US defence department is "closely monitoring" the potential threats to its base. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump is in the Situation Room in the White House with his team following the Iranian strikes. The attacks came shortly after Qatar closed its airspace as a precaution amid threats from Iran. Senior diplomatic sources in the region have told Sky News that some Gulf nations and the US were given prior warning before Iran launched its missiles. Just before the explosions, Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian wrote on the social platform X: "We neither initiated the war nor seeking it. But we will not leave invasion to the great Iran without answer." Kuwait, Bahrain and Iraq shut their airspaces after the attack, while the Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways said it is rerouting several routes today and tomorrow due to restrictions in parts of the Middle East.
LBCI
10 hours ago
- Politics
- LBCI
Putin tells Iranian foreign minister there was no justification for US attack
Russian President Vladimir Putin told Iran's foreign minister on Monday there was no justification for the U.S. bombing of his country and that Moscow was trying to help the Iranian people. Putin hosted Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Moscow two days after U.S. President Donald Trump sent U.S. bomber planes to strike Iran's three main nuclear sites. "The absolutely unprovoked aggression against Iran has no basis and no justification," Putin told Araghchi in televised comments. "For our part, we are making efforts to assist the Iranian people," he added. "I am very glad that you are in Moscow today, this will give us the opportunity to discuss all these pressing issues and think together about how we could get out of today's situation." Araqchi told Putin that Iran was conducting legitimate self-defense, and thanked Russia for condemning the U.S. actions. He conveyed best wishes to Putin from Iran's supreme leader and president. "Russia is today on the right side of history and international law," said Araghchi. Reuters
LBCI
a day ago
- Politics
- LBCI
Iran Red Crescent says no deaths in US strikes on nuclear sites
The head of Iran's Red Crescent Society, Pir Hossein Kolivand, said there were no fatalities in the U.S. strikes Sunday on Iran's nuclear facilities. "Fortunately, we did not have any martyrs in last night's events of the U.S. aggression against Iran's nuclear facilities," he said according to state television. AFP
Khaleej Times
2 days ago
- Politics
- Khaleej Times
Hamas condemns 'blatant US aggression' against Iran
[Editor's Note: Follow our live blog for real-time updates on the latest developments in the Israel-Iran conflict.] Palestinian group Hamas condemned "blatant US aggression" against Iran after President Donald Trump said American warplanes bombed Tehran's main nuclear enrichment facilities. "The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) condemns in the strongest terms the blatant US aggression against the territory and sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran," the group said in a statement issued after Trump announced the US had joined Israel's bombing campaign against Iran. "This brutal aggression is a dangerous escalation," the Hamas statement added, calling the attack "a flagrant violation of international law, and a direct threat to international peace and security".
