Iran says it launched attack on US forces at Qatar’s Al Udeid Air Base
QATAR, JUN 24 – Iran launched 14 missiles in retaliation for US airstrikes on nuclear sites, with 13 intercepted and no casualties reported, escalating tensions in the Middle East, officials said.
- Early Tuesday AEST, Iran carried out a missile strike on the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, a key American military facility in the Middle East.
- The attack came in retaliation for a massive U.S. stealth-bomber strike on Iranian nuclear sites the previous Sunday, escalating regional tensions.
- Iran fired 19 short- and medium-range ballistic missiles, all but one were intercepted, and the single missile that struck caused no casualties.
- U.S. President Donald Trump announced a phased-in complete ceasefire between Israel and Iran, calling the military operation an overwhelming success.
- The ceasefire aims to de-escalate conflict amid fragile stability, with U.S. forces on alert and international calls for diplomacy continuing.
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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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