The explosions were heard in Qatar after Iran said it had fired missiles in the US bases

The explosions were heard in Qatar on Monday, when witnesses said they seemed to be missiles in the country, according to Associated Press reports.

Iranian government media has announced the process of launching missile attacks against the US bases in Iraq and Qatar, which is called “Al -Bashara in Victory”. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps he had targeted the US base in Awda in Qatar with a “destroyed and powerful missile.”

The Qatari government confirmed the strike and said that its air defenses “thwarted the attack and successfully assaulted Iranian missiles.”

“Qatar states strongly condemns the attack that targeted the air base by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. We consider this a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of the State of Qatar, its air field, international law and the United Nations Charter,” said a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry in Katari in Ann AR. statement Social media. “We confirm that Qatar maintains the right to respond directly in a way that equals the nature and size of this shameful aggression, in line with international law.”

A senior White House official said that the White House and the Ministry of Defense are closely watched and monitored, the possible threats to the Air Force Base in Qatar, which works as a Centcom front headquarters. There are about 10,000 American soldiers there and a shelter in place.

Earlier, Monday, the American embassy in Qatar The Americans warned To accommodate “until another notice,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Qatar said that the country is closing the airspace “to ensure the safety of citizens, residents and visitors.”

US Three Iranian nuclear sites bombed During the weekend. It came more than a week after the Israeli attacks on Iranian targets and Iranian strikes on Israel.

Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps He said Sunday The United States “has practically placed itself at the forefront of aggression by attacking the peaceful facilities directly.” He referred to plans to attack the American origins in the Middle East, saying, “The number of US military bases, the dispersion and its size in the region, but they doubled their ability to their weakness.”

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Eleanor Watsonand

Justin Redmanand

Melissa Quinn and

Sarah Cook

He contributed to this report.