What we know about Iranian attack on a US military base in Qatar
Iran launched missiles at a US military base in Qatar, which he said was retaliation against American strikes against nuclear areas at the weekend.
Witnesses report that they have exploded loudly in the sky on the capital, while videos show bright flashes in the sky while the air defense systems are trying to cut missiles.
Seeing that Iran, Israel and the United States have risen to unprecedented levels in recent days, Iran, Israel and the United States in a conflict in a conflict.
The details of this last attack are still revealed. Here is what we know so far.
What did Iran target and why?
The Iranian missiles targeted the largest US military base in the Middle East and the Al Udeid Air Base.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, approximately 8,000 US citizens live and are home to the center of the US army for all air operations in the region. Some British military personnel also work in the rotation base.
The Qatar government said that no one was killed or injured in the attack and that the base was released in advance.
It is unclear whether any of the missiles hit the base or whether there is material damage.
The attack was first confirmed by the Iranian state media and then the army.
A statement from the IRGC, the strongest branch of the Iranian army, said that “Iran will not leave any attacks on the sovereignty” and “US bases in the region are not strong,” security deficits, “he said.
The US had previously warned Iran not to respond to its strikes to nuclear facilities, and called for leaders in Tehran to accept a diplomatic end of hostilities in the region.
The White House has not yet responded to the last attack.
How were the US and others prepared?
On Monday, there were indications that the United States was suspected of preparing to launch missiles for Qatar in Qatar.
Hours before the attack, Qatar said he had closed the airspace temporarily.
This came shortly after the United States and Britain told their citizens to take refuge until the next announcement.
These warnings did not give a clear indication that an attack was close: the United States said that he ordered “too careful”, and that Britain followed Americans’ leadership.
However, about an hour before the attack, BBC learned a “reliable threat”.
Separately, some US media organizations said US officials were positioned for a potential launch of Iranian missile launches towards Qatar.
Flight monitoring websites have shown that aircraft began to turn to other airports before the launch. According to Flightradar24, there were 100 flights to Doha shortly before the missiles were detected.
Hamad International Airport is one of the top 10 jobs in the world for international traffic, and approximately 140,000 passengers pass a day.
Other countries, including Bahrain and Kuwait in the region, also closed the airports.
How did we come here?
On Saturday, the US launched major strikes against three nuclear facilities within Iran.
This came after the uncertainty as to whether the US will participate in the military action against Iran, which began on June 13th.
Israel is launching daily missile strikes against nuclear and military facilities in Iran, saying that its government is necessary to prevent Iran from building a close nuclear weapons.
The consecutive Israel and the American government tried to prevent Iran from buying nuclear weapons. Iran has always maintained its broad nuclear program for civilian purposes.
The United States claimed that its strikes have bad harm to Iran’s nuclear program, but it remains uncertain of its impact.
The strikes between Iran and Israel continued on Monday.
