Iran said it launched several missiles at a large US military base in Qatar on Monday. The attack follows the US bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities over the weekend.

The U.S. has about 40,000 military personnel in the Middle East. The base in Qatar currently houses thousands of U.S. troops. It had about 10,000 at the height of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

Iran launched a missile strike against a U.S. military base in Qatar on Monday, June 23 A Qatari defense spokesperson said they "successfully thwarted" the attack on Al-Udeid Air Base, the largest ...

Qatar, which saw the United States as its main protector in the Middle East, finished building the base in 1996, hoping to encourage the deployment of the U.S. military there.

Nation/World Qatar US military base targeted by Iranian missiles in retaliation strike Published: Jun. 23, 2025, 10:45 a.m.

Qatar's air defenses shot down Iranian missiles targeting the US military base there on Monday. The retaliatory attacks came after the US bombing of Iran's nuclear sites on Saturday.

Iran targeted the U.S. military's largest Middle East air base with a missile attack on Monday, June 23, an apparent response to U.S. strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities days earlier.

The missile attack on U.S. military installations in Qatar June 23 is the first counterattack from Iran, something the Pentagon has braced for since June 21, when the United States struck nuclear ...

Iran launched several missiles at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on Monday, but U.S. Central Command “successfully defended against the attack,” a defense official said. “There are no injuries ...

President Trump said Monday that Iran gave the US an "early notice" of its plans to retaliate by launching an attack on the US military base in Doha, Qatar -- which was completely intercepted.