Qatar’s defense ministry announced Friday that its armed forces successfully stopped an incoming missile attack, while the country’s interior ministry followed up by declaring the security threat over.
Witnesses in Doha, Qatar’s capital city, reported hearing several loud booms before a government security alert was pushed out to mobile phones across the country.
Neither ministry identified who was responsible for launching the attack.
The incident comes as Iran has escalated its attacks against Gulf nations in response to U.S. strikes on Iranian territory, with Iran targeting military installations in the region that are used by American forces.
