Qatar's Air Force shot down two Iranian SU-24 bombers on Monday after the Islamic Republic launched a direct military strike against the emirate's gas facilities, the Qatari Defence Ministry announced in an official statement.
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Qatar's Air Force shot down two Iranian SU-24 bombers on Monday after the Islamic Republic launched a direct military strike against the emirate's gas facilities, the Qatari Defence Ministry announced in an official statement.
"The Qatar Air Force successfully shot down two SU-24 aircraft coming from the Islamic Republic of Iran," the ministry said, adding that air defences had also intercepted seven ballistic missiles and five drones targeting multiple locations across the country.
Qatar hosts the Al Udeid Air Base, the largest U.S. military installation in the Middle East, housing thousands of American troops and serving as a critical command centre for regional operations.
By Ahmas Reshouel
Loud blasts were heard in Dubai and Qatari capital Doha for a second day on Sunday and Oman was hit for the first time as retaliatory strikes on neighbouring Gulf states in response to U.S. and Israeli strikes on the Islamic Republic widened.
Several Gulf Arab states said they were targeted by Iranian missiles on Saturday after Tehran pledged to retaliate against strikes by the United States and Israel, bringing conflict to a part of the Arab world that prides itself on relative safety.
Saudi Arabia issued a sharp condemnation of Iran Saturday, denouncing what it called a "brutal aggression" against its Gulf neighbors, as the region descended into unprecedented chaos following joint US-Israeli strikes on Iranian territory.
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