Iran Fires Missiles at US Base in Qatar, Trump Calls for Peace

• Iran launched a missile attack on an American air base in Qatar on Monday that caused no injuries, and U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed it as a "weak response" to U.S. attacks while urging Iran and Israel to make peace after 11 days of mutual hostilities.
• The attack on Al Udeid Air Base in neighbouring Qatar threatened to widen a conflict that began on June 13 with an Israeli strike on Iran targeting its nuclear programme and ballistic missiles. Iran had threatened to retaliate against the United States after U.S. bombers dropped 30,000-pound bunker-busters on Iranian underground nuclear facilities over the weekend, joining Israel's air war against Iran, and Trump had raised the possibility of the Iranian government being toppled.
• Iran gave advance notice to the U.S. via diplomatic channels hours ahead of the attack, as well as to Qatari authorities. Trump seized on that as a positive sign. "I want to thank Iran for giving us early notice, which made it possible for no lives to be lost, and nobody to be injured," Trump wrote on his Truth Social media site. "Perhaps Iran can now proceed to Peace and Harmony in the Region, and I will enthusiastically encourage Israel to do the same."
• The attack strained Iran's relationship with its Arab neighbours, Qatar condemned it, as did Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iraq.

(Source: Reuters)