Iran Attacks U.S. Military Base

Iran launched an attack at a U.S. military base in Qatar on Monday, firing a barrage of missiles after the United States bombed three Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend, Axios reported.

Explosions were heard near Qatar’s capital city of Doha on Monday night local time, and the United States told citizens in the country to shelter in place until further notice, according to Reuters. Iran issued a statement through its state media announcing its attack on a U.S. military base in Qatar, according to The New York Times.

The Trump administration was given a “good advance warning” of the Iranian attack, a source “familiar with the matter” told Axios. Iran also reportedly gave its ally Qatar an advanced notice before launching the missiles at the American base. Qatar closed its airspace before the Iranian missile barrage, and the U.S and British governments warned citizens in Qatar to shelter in place.

“The base that was targeted in the attack by the powerful Iranian forces was far from urban facilities and residential areas in Qatar,” Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said in a statement. “This action did not pose any threat to our friendly and brotherly country, Qatar, and its noble people.”

President Donald Trump was scheduled to meet with his National Security team at the White House at 1:00 p.m. As the Iranians fired missiles at the U.S. base, Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were monitoring the attack in the Situation Room, CNN reported.

The White House and Department of Defense are aware of, and closely monitoring, potential threats to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, a senior White House official told Daily Wire White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan.

Trump previously warned Iran against any retaliation, saying it “will be met with force far greater than what was witnessed.”

Many of the personnel and aircraft at the Al Udeid Air Base, the largest military base in the Middle East, were evacuated in recent days as tensions rose in the Middle East. The base is also fortified by air defenses, The New York Times reported.

Videos posted on social media showed missiles being intercepted over Qatar.

US defenses intercept Islamic Republic of Iran missiles in Qatar. pic.twitter.com/EkLxXt0oWT

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