Iran launched missiles Monday evening at US military bases in Qatar, Bahrain and Iraq.
The moment Iranian missiles hit targets in US-run al-Ubeid base
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Ten missiles were fired at the Al-Udeid in Qatar; three missiles scored direct hits at the American air base, the largest in the Middle East, Arab media reported.
Al-Udeid is located in the desert outside the capital city of Doha.
Qatar had announced earlier in the day that it was closing its country’s airspace, without offering an explanation.
The United Arab Emirates closed its airspace Monday evening, and Turkish Airlines canceled all flights to the UAE.
According to the New York Times, Iran informed the Qatari government in advance of the attacks, to minimize civilian casualties. Qatar has condemned the attack but did not offer any indication of a planned response.
One missile was fired towards Iraq, and Iranian short-range missile fire was reported at the US Navy base in Bahrain. A volley of Iranian missiles was also fired at the US base in Kuwait, and another barrage was fired at the US base in Saudi Arabia.
Iran code-named its attacks on US assets, “Operation Herald of Victory,” according to Press TV.
Iranian armed forces said in a statement the attacks came in response to the “blatant military aggression by the criminal regime of the United States” this weekend against the country’s top three nuclear facilities – Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan.
“The message of this decisive action by the sons of the nation in the armed forces to the White House and its allies is clear and direct,” the statement said, adding that the Islamic Republic of Iran will “never leave any violation of its territorial integrity, sovereignty, or national security unanswered.”
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said in a separate statement that its forces had fired the same number of missiles at its Middle East neighbors as the number of bombs used by US fighter pilots in their airstrikes.
The mullahs emphasized that the targeted bases were far from urban and residential areas in Qatar, underscoring that Doha was not the target.
At the White House, President Donald Trump summoned his national security team to discuss the attack.
US Air Force assets have been mobilized across the CENTCOM area of responsibility, according to Fox News, with American fighter jets scrambled from Saudi Arabia after having left Qatar for safety.
Saudi and Qatari fighter jets were reported airborne and Israeli warplanes were seen near the Iraq-Syria border.
In the past 24 hours, six supertankers carrying crude oil made U-turns in the Strait of Hormuz.
By Monday afternoon, US, British and French warships were all reported in the Persian Gulf; all were working a few hours later to intercept Iranian suicide drones heading for US bases throughout the Middle East.
French fighter jets were spotted flying within the US CENTCOM area of responsibility, and US fighter jets were reportedly scrambled to Qatar from Saudi Arabia.
British military personnel were ordered to evacuate from the Royal Air Force (RAF) airbase in the Greek island of Akrotiri, and the UK government instructed its citizens in Qatar, Jordan and Iraq to shelter in place until further notice.
