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BREAKING: Iran Retaliates With Attack On Americans
Iran fired six ballistic missiles at a U.S. base in Qatar in what is expected to be the first of several counterstrikes in response to President Donald Trump’s decision to bomb the country on Sunday.
Axios reported that the six missiles were fired at American bases housing more than 10,000 service members. The attack comes just hours after the U.S. Embassy in Qatar told employees and visitors to shelter in place Monday amid new information about the looming attack.
“The competent Qatari authorities announce the temporary suspension of air traffic in the country’s airspace, in order to ensure the safety of citizens, residents, and visitors,” Qatar’s foreign ministry said in a statement to Fox News, adding that it would “not hesitate to take all necessary preventive measures within this context.”
Air defenses were activated over the Al-Udeid U.S. base in Doha, where Iranian missiles were intercepted as they made their way toward the earth, resulting in a series of mid-air explosions.
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Al-Udeid Air Base is the largest U.S. military outpost in the Middle East, serving an estimated 10,000 soldiers, contractors, and other civilians critical to operations in Qatar.
President Trump visited al-Udeid as recently as May, where he praised U.S. soldiers for remaining vigilant in the face of Israel’s war against Hamas.
Qatari airspace remains closed “indefinitely,” according to Fox News, which earlier Monday confirmed that U.S. forces in the area received intelligence of an “imminent threat” to their safety. Most U.S. aircraft and some personnel had been moved off-base in the 24 hours following U.S. strikes on Iran, though some remain within shooting distance of Iranian missiles that can arrive in just minutes.
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BREAKING: Qatar has just now closed its airspace “until further notice.”
This comes as multiple countries have notified their nationals to shelter in place in Qatar. pic.twitter.com/fUMbyufRex
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Al-Udeid is one of approximately a dozen U.S. military installations within striking distance of Iran, the outlet reported, complicating the calculation of U.S. intelligence officials working to predict where Iran will strike next. Sources close to Khamenei say that they are contemplating a temporary blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, which services roughly 20% of the global oil supply transported each day, but observers say Iran’s sea fleet would only be able to hold the blockade for a temporary period.
“The criminal US must know that in addition to punishing its illegitimate and aggressive offspring, the hands of Islam’s fighters within the armed forces have been freed to take any action against its interests and military, and we will never back down in this regard,” Abdolrahim Mousavi, the new chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces, warned in a statement following the attack by the U.S.
Damage done by 14 “bunker buster” bombs by the U.S. were supported on Monday by a second strike carried out by Israeli military forces. The nation’s defense minister on Monday reported that the headquarters of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard was struck in Tehran, and a second barrage struck Fordow, the underground nuclear enrichment facility which President Trump claimed was “obliterated” on Sunday.