Iran on June 23 launched a barrage of ballistic missiles at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, in response to the United States’ recent attacks on its nuclear sites.
Located southwest of the Qatari capital, Doha, Al Udeid is considered one of the U.S. largest bases in the Middle East. It hosts a forward headquarters of U.S. Central Command, headquarters of the U.S. Air Forces Central Command.
The air base was completely evacuated days before the U.S. attacked the Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites in Iran on June 22.
Right before the attack, Qatar closed its airspace, which suggests that it had some advanced knowledge. Similar measures were reported later on in Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, which also host key bases of the U.S.
In a statement, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said that it had launched in cooperation with the Iranian military a “powerful and destructive missile attack” on Al Udeid in response to the recent American attack.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran, relying on Almighty God and the faithful, proud people of Iran, will never leave any aggression against its territorial integrity, sovereignty, or national security unanswered,” the statement reads.
Videos from Qatar showed multiple interceptions over Doha, with reports suggesting as many as ten missiles were launched at Al Udeid during the attack.
Majed al-Ansari, a spokesman for the Qatari Foreign Minister, said that no one was injured in the Iranian attack on Al Udeid.
The spokesman confirmed that the air base was evacuated ahead of time, adding that the Iranian missiles were intercepted by Qatari air defenses. He also warned against continued escalation in the Middle East, urging diplomacy to end the ongoing conflict.
Later, The New York Times reported that Iran had coordinated its attack on the air base with Qatari officials. Tehran “gave advanced notice that attacks were coming to minimize casualties,” the newspaper said, citing three Iranian officials with knowledge of the plans.
Iran desired to symbolically retaliate for the U.S. attack on its nuclear sites, but also sought to ensure that both sides could easily deescalate, similar to a 2020 case when Iran notified Iraq before firing missiles at an American base in Iraq in response to the assassination of top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, the officials say in the report.
While the U.S. warned Iran against responding to its attack a day earlier, Washington could opt to tolerate the barrage launched by the Islamic Republic at Al Udeid if there are indeed no losses. This could also open the door for de-escalation between Iran and Israel.
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zero damage.
w e a k
iranian p u s s i e s
poking the qataris haha
so… ten ballistic missiles at a quarter of a million dollars each: two and a half million dollars. assuming thaad (which may not be correct ) and 100% interception rate (again, may not be correct): 20 interceptors at 12.6 million dollars each….. two hundred and fifty million dollars. ouch! yanks, get out your checkbooks.
we western european idiots will pay for it so trump has no losses at the end…
please, you are the crazy, and on your time, well…
it s all fake. the iranians themselves warn the us of attack they are going to execute. this is kindergarden. saddam was the real deal. he send scuds against tel aviv and us bases in iraq killing several dozens of joos and americans, not like iran which is targeting empty us bases, and not even dare to destroy israels dimona npp !
iran is capitulating, trying to end aggression. they don’t have the will or means for a long war.
1.saddam only send about 39 scuds and many of them didn’t hit sh*t. lets not make a mass murder and an american puppet a hero. you are doubting the iranians? have you seen how tel aviv is looking? are you watching the hits that is been done to israhell? they gave them a warning because they don’t want to the americans in the war. americans didn’t kill anyone and iranians didn’t kill anyone. now trump don’t have any more excuses to attack. he said it in his last message.
2. the iranians have send a message they will attack those that attacks them and the next strike will come with out warning if the americans attack again. they gave their people what they need and they gave the americans a way out. now they can concentrate on the israhellis again. so no it isn’t kindergarden stuff. it is strategy and tactics at the highest level. i think we can say the iranians know what they are doing or else they wouldn’t have survived this first hit.
paid and sponsored by saudi arabia and the gulf states iran continues pounding israel looks like trump did this to satisfy his fan-girls something doesn’t seem right though could the usa really be done with israel? or is something brewing
titanic united states….
this is not a real attack its all a show, iran gave advance warning. its clearly for the domestic population
bet it is, and saudi terrorist crown 👑 paid for the theatrical and acting expenses.
death to burgerland
yeah… it’s looking like this is all scripted war propaganda … ‘wag the dog’ ‘false-flag’ fake zionist war news bullshit!
that’s right bullshit 💩 1000%
except iranian media confirmed the attack? so how do you figure? unless iran is in on the joke? most likely it is just capitulation and trying to end the conflict. they did the math and they don’t have the means for a long war versus israel and the us
qatar a terrorist state.
zase blbosti. to že irán varoval katar je dosť možné, ale aby nepotrestal to čo usa spôsobili je málo pravdepodobné. po atentáte na solejmáního irán odpovedal útokom na základne usa!!! vraj tam neboli mŕtvy, tak to určite. niekde sa písalo asi o 200 padlých vojakoch usa a kopa iných ich skončila na psychiatrii. svetu mier!!!
another show attack with previous warning of the enemy like after the assassination of their general. if iran still doesn’t want to fight seriously they could also surrender…
exactly ! they are pretending to fight against usrael, wehen in fact they are just fake posing doing so. it’s just a show, which will result in iran being dismantled, violated and destroyed, if people their don t rwake up, and force their government to act in an appropriate way against the joos and amurrikans !
as soon as the united states responded with we are watching you load, aim and launch the missiles……… that’s when you know it’s time to surrender because what exactly is the point at that stage…… they were instantly and effortlessly shot down moments after they launched them. this is literally the equivalent of fighting a military force from the future with a slingshot.
yes, effortlessly shot down a few old missiles. now iran knows wher all the sam sights are duh.
the posts echo what i have said in previous articles that sitting back and threatening ends in being attacked without warning –sergy markov russian political analyst has just stated the same iran,s restraint has paved the way to war and that once iran has been overcome it gets nearer to russia.
iran knows the bases were evacuated, calls them to warn them, and only sends ten missiles. iran is capitulating.
it’s a saving face measure. they said they would retaliate against us bases if their nuke sites were attacked, they were attacked, so they had to do something. they didn’t want to escalate too much, but apparently thought they had to do something.
iran is making a mistake! the targets must be dimona and tel aviv, everything else is unneccesary because israel censors image but cannot censor destruction in tel aviv
america—please liberate the iranian people!!!
the mullahs gotta go!
these electronic slide doors are awfull if you need quick access to seek cover from disaster.
trump = king of persia
anything is better than the mullahs!
iran chickens out again. whats the point if a base is evacuated and notice is given. just a waste of missiles.