Iran has today launched six missiles towards US air bases in the capital of Qatar, Doha and Iraq.Donald Trump launched an attack on Iran’s key nuclear facilities on Saturday night (June 21), with the president declaring the mission a ‘success’ after it ‘completely obliterated’ the Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan nuclear sites in the Middle Eastern country.Worries about the international fallout of the bombings have been growing, however, with fears over how Iran will retaliate after it threatened it would be coming up with a ‘decisive response’ to the US attack.And that response happened today (Monday, June 23), with Iran targeting Qatar’s Al Udeid Air Base – the largest US base in the Middle East that houses some 10,000 US troops.The Ain al-Asad airbase housing US troops in Western Iraq was also targeted, an Iraqi security official told The Associated Press.Qatari air defences were able to intercept the missiles, and officials have confirmed there were no casualties at Al Udeid. The US struck three targets (Satellite image (c) 2025 Maxar Technologies/Getty)Earlier today, it was announced Qatari airspace had been closed amid the threat of an attack by Iran. And just a few hours ago, the US embassy in Qatar told US citizens they should shelter in place ‘until further notice’.Iranian Tasnim news agency say that operation ‘Annunciation of Victory’ launched against US bases in both Qatar and Israel.Meanwhile, Iran’s armed forces have confirmed the Al-Udeid base in Qatar has been hit with a ‘devastating and powerful’ missile attack.The announcement of missiles being launched was made on state television as martial music played.A caption on the screen called it ‘a mighty and successful response by the armed forces of Iran to America’s aggression’.
