While Qatar shares a regional neighbourhood with Israel and Iran, it is a considerable distance from both. The distance from Israel to Qatar is around 1,720km, while Iran is closer, at 821km.

Iran launched ballistic missiles at the U.S. air base in Qatar on Monday in retaliation for the U.S. missile strikes inside Iran on Saturday, according to Fox News, citing Israeli sources.

Iran said Monday night it attacked American forces stationed at Qatar’s Al Udeid Air Base. It made the announcement on state television as martial music played.

Tensions in the Middle East spiked further on Monday night (June 23) after Iran confirmed that it had launched strikes on the Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar — home to US Central Command’s ...

Israel on Monday expanded its war against Iran to include targets associated with the country’s struggling theocracy, ...

A ceasefire between Israel and Iran appears to be holding, after an initial shaky period in which both sides accused each ...

AFP journalists heard several rounds of blasts in central Doha and across the Qatari capital, with projectiles stopped by interceptors illuminating the night sky. A vehicle drives past parked cars ...

Elsewhere, journalists on the fact-check team are across today's Nato summit where 32 member states will pledge to spend 5% ...

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says his country has delivered a "slap to America’s face” with its strike on an ...

Iran announced on Monday night that it launched missile strikes targeting American forces stationed at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar and a US base in Iraq, marking a significant escalation in its ...

The U.S. military has hit three sites in Iran and inserted itself into Israel’s effort to destroy Iran’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe ...

U.S. military moves assets from Middle East bases amid tensions with Iran, embassy issues alert in Qatar Updated - June 20, 2025 11:08 am IST - Washington, D.C.