Qatar says Iranian attack on US base ‘flagrant violation’ of sovereignty

DOHA: Qatar on Monday condemned an Iranian attack on the largest US military base in the region, hosted in the Gulf state, calling it a “flagrant violation” of its sovereignty.

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“We express the State of Qatar’s strong condemnation of the attack on Al Udeid Air Base by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, and consider it a flagrant violation of the State of Qatar’s sovereignty and airspace, as well as of international law,” foreign ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari said in a statement.