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Iran says it launched attack on US forces at Qatar’s Al Udeid Air Base
- On Monday, June 23, Iran launched missile attacks on U.S. bases in Qatar and Iraq, including the key Al Udeid Air Base, marking its first direct retaliation for U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.
- Following US bunker-buster strikes on Iran's nuclear sites last weekend, Iran launched missile attacks on US bases in Qatar and Iraq as symbolic retaliation, echoing its 2020 response after Soleimani's killing.
- Nineteen missiles were launched—five more than the US used—but Patriot systems intercepted all without casualties, with Qatar's defenses shooting down nine of ten missiles aimed at Al Udeid.
- Iran's missile attack on U.S. bases prompted evacuations, regional airspace closures, and flight reroutes, escalating Middle East tensions significantly.
- Iran launched missile attacks on US bases in Qatar and Iraq on June 23, retaliating for US strikes on its nuclear sites, with interception data confirming no casualties, heightening regional tensions and raising economic concerns.
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Fragile Iran-Gulf balance appears to hold after strikes
The NewsIran’s attack on a US military base in Qatar last week, following American airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, was a marked change in course from a warming of ties between Tehran and the Gulf — sparking widespread condemnation from regional leaders, but not much else. Those improved ties appear to have survived the Qatar strike, while the Gulf now worries about “an unrestrained Israel,” The Washington Post reported: The main source…
By Mostafa Salem Senior Qatari officials had met with the country's prime minister on Monday afternoon to find ways to de-escalate the conflict between Iran and Israel when Defense Ministry personnel called to warn of incoming Iranian missiles. The attack, the first in the Gulf, took them by surprise, according to Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari, who recalls feeling the prime minister's residence shake with the interceptions th…
How 44 US Soldiers Defended a Key Base From Iranian Missile Attack
Fewer than 50 soldiers were manning the Patriot missile systems defending Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar during Iran’s June 23 attack, and now military leadership is calling them the “unsung heroes of the 21st-century United States Army.” Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine addressed reporters during a June 26 press briefing at the Pentagon, following Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s praise for the troops in the region. Accor…
Iranian missile attacks deepen air base defense concerns
Iran's retaliatory strikes on Monday against Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar have broadened leaders' fears that U.S. air bases are no longer sanctuaries. “We are woefully behind on those kinds of defenses,” Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) said Tuesday during a talk hosted by the Mitchell Institute. “Our money doesn't just get focused on China, we got NATO and the Middle East. We got our hands full, and we got to wake up,” Bacon added. The Air Force has for yea…
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Middle East conflict highlights how vastly the global energy supply has changed in recent years
Iran launched missiles at a U.S. military base in Qatar on Monday, threatening to stoke a wider conflict in the Middle East, a region that supplies the world with about a third of the oil used globally every year.
Iran’s retaliation: choreographed charade?
On June 23, two days after the US carried out air-strikes against Iran’s nuclear sites in what is being dubbed Operation Midnight Hammer, Iran launched missiles at al-Udeid air base in Qatar, headquarters for US Central Command’s regional operations and host to some 8,000 US troops. The US said nearly all the missiles were intercepted and there were no casualties. In a post on TruthSocial, President Trump shortly later claimed a ceasefire betwee…
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