Iran has confirmed that it launched an attack on US forces stationed at the Al Udeid air base in Qatar, but a US official later said that none of the missiles fired hit their target.
That’s how day 11 of the intensifying conflict between Iran and Israel ended this Monday evening, a missile salvo apparently all shot down by Qatari air defences that put countries in the region on high alert and cancelled flights to the Gulf.
French President Emmanuel Macron decried what he called the “spiral of chaos” while Iran said the door to diplomacy was open provided US and Israeli attacks stop.
We’re closing down our live blog for the day, but before we go, here is a recap of the main developments this Monday evening. Our team will be back with more live updates from Tuesday morning.
Day 11 summary
– Iran launched a salvo of missiles at the US air base Al Udeid in Qatar, but no rockets hit their target.
– The strikes prompted Syria and Bahrain to go to high alert, and Kuwait and Egypt cancelled all flights to the Gulf.
– Qatar’s interior ministry has said the security situation in the country is now stable.
– Tehran said it had launched the same number of missiles at Qatar as the US had used in its Sunday strikes on nuclear installations in Iran.
– Macron said “spiral of chaos must end” and expressed solidarity with Qatar.
– Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammed Bagher Qalibaf announced the suspension of cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
– Israel’s military warned Iranians it will continue to attack military sites around Tehran over “the coming days.”
– Iran’s Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces said his country would respond to the United States’ bombing of its nuclear sites in a “proportionate manner”.
– The leader of Hezbollah in Lebanon indicated that the group would not join the conflict between Iran and Israel for now.
– EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas called on Iran not to close the Strait of Hormuz, a vital corridor for energy supplies.
– A UN fact-finding mission said that some of Israel’s strikes on Iran may have broken international humanitarian law, citing the killing of civilians in an apartment block and three aid workers in Tehran.
– State media in Lebanon said Israel carried out air strikes in parts of the country’s south, including Hezbollah strongholds.
