Iran retaliated against the U.S. on Monday, launching missiles at a U.S. base in Qatar, according to a statement from the Qatar foreign ministry. The missiles targeted Al-Udeid Air Base outside Doha and were intercepted by air defenses before they could strike the base, the Qatari government said.
Thousands of U.S. service members are stationed at Al-Udeid Air Base, an important American military outpost on the Persian Gulf. After an American bombing raid on Saturday hit three nuclear program sites inside Iran, Iranian officials promised to strike back. Iran’s mission to the United Nations posted on Twitter Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “dragging the United States into yet another costly war” and the U.S. has “recklessly chosen to sacrifice its own security merely to safeguard Netanyahu.”
The Iranian missile attack comes after the State Department on Monday told U.S. citizens living in Qatar to shelter in place. A Department of Homeland Security advisory issued an advisory on Sunday that the “ongoing Iran conflict is causing a heightened threat environment in the United States.”
President Trump is scheduled to meet with senior national security officials Monday at the White House. “The White House and the Department of Defense are aware of, and closely monitoring, potential threats to Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar,” a senior White House official told TIME.
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