Qatari authorities additionally stated there have been no casualties within the assault, which it condemned and stated it reserved the fitting to reply.
The assault got here shortly after a Western diplomat advised Reuters there had been a reputable menace to a US army base within the Gulf state following the unprecedented US airstrikes on Iran’s uranium enrichment programme.
A supply conversant in the matter advised Reuters that Qatar, located simply throughout the Gulf from Iran, had shut its airspace after receiving the advance warning from Iran.
Bahrain, one other US-allied Gulf Arab state simply to the north of Qatar, stated it had additionally shut its airspace after the Iranian strike in opposition to the Al Udeid base.
As well as, the US Ain al-Asad air base in Iraq had activated its air defence system out of concern of a possible assault, army sources advised Reuters.
Iran’s Nationwide Safety Council subsequently confirmed it had attacked the bottom, including its response didn’t “pose any menace” to its Gulf neighbour.
“In response to the US aggressive and insolent motion in opposition to Iran’s nuclear websites and services, a couple of hours in the past, the highly effective armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran struck the US air base in Al-Udeid, Qatar,” the council stated in an announcement, including that the variety of missiles used “was the identical because the variety of bombs that the US had utilized in attacking Iran’s nuclear services”.
“This motion doesn’t pose any menace to our pleasant and brotherly nation, Qatar,” it added.
