Shafaq News/ Iran coordinated in advance with Qatariofficials ahead of its strike on Al-Udeid Air Base to reduce casualties, TheNew York Times reported on Monday, citing three Iranian officials.
The base, which hosts over 10,000 US troops, is the largestAmerican military installation in the Middle East.
Axios reported that the Trump administration had priorknowledge of Iran’s plan to target the base.
Fox News, citing US military sources, reported that Americanforces anticipated the strike and were on alert. The sources said the attackdid not come as a surprise.
Meanwhile, Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed inan official statement that Al-Udeid Air Base was evacuated “in accordance withestablished security and precautionary procedures,” and reported no injuries orcasualties among Qatari or allied forces.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimedresponsibility for the strike under the name “Operation Glad Tidings of Victory,”stating it used “powerful, destructive missiles” in response to recent USattacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, which Tehran described as a “blatantviolation of international law.”
The IRGC stressed that the strike did not pose a directthreat to Qatar and was carried out under the orders of Iran’s senior militaryleadership and with the approval of the Supreme National Security Council.
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