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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
DOHA, June 23 (Xinhua) — Qatar’s air defense systems intercepted several missiles over the capital Doha on Monday after Iran announced it had launched a military operation against U.S. troops at Qatar’s Al Udeid Air Base, Qatari officials said.
As noted by the adviser to the Prime Minister, official representative of the Qatari Foreign Ministry Majid bin Mohammed al-Ansari, Qatar’s air defense systems successfully repelled the attack and shot down the Iranian missiles.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced in a statement the launch of an operation called “Proclamation of Victory” targeting US bases in Iraq and Qatar.
The IRGC has called Al Udeid Air Base “the headquarters of the US Air Force and the largest strategic asset” of the US in West Asia.
“Iran will not, under any circumstances, leave any attacks on its territorial integrity, sovereignty and national security unanswered,” the IRGC statement emphasized.
Ahead of the Iranian strikes, Qatar and the neighboring United Arab Emirates closed their airspace.
Qatar says no casualties in Iranian attack. –0–