By Desire Emmanuel with Agency Reports
Iran has launched attack on America’s largest base in the Middle East as it warned US President Donald Trump that ‘the gates of hell will open,’ the Daily Mail of UK reported on Tuesday.
The Iranian army said on Tuesday, March 3, that its forces launched an attack on Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar – which hosts up to 10,000 US troops and serves as a major forward headquarters for US Central Command.
“The destructive combat drones of the army’s ground, air and naval forces… targeted the military areas of the Zionist regime in the occupied territories and the bases of American forces in Al-Udeid, Qatar,’ Iran’s army said in a statement. There were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage to the base.
The war has rapidly engulfed the entire Middle East with Iran launching hundreds of drones at Israel, America’s Arab allies Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE and US bases in the region.
Trump hit out at reports earlier on Tuesday that the US is running out anti-drone missiles, claiming America has ‘unlimited mid to upper tier weaponry’. Trump said that Iran’s military and leadership ‘is gone’, adding that they are requesting to talk. ‘Too late’, Trump wrote on Truth Social.
But the Iranians are vowing to continue the fight.
Ali Mohammad Naini, of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, told Iranian state TV: “The gates of hell will open more and more, moment by moment, upon the United States and Israel.”
The US Embassy in Saudi Arabia sent out a security alert shortly after 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday warning of ‘imminent’ missile and drone attacks over the city of Dhahran, a major centre for the oil industry and the headquarters of Aramco.
“Do not come to the US Consulate. Take cover immediately in your residence on the lowest available floor and away from windows. Do not go outside,” the warning said.
US-Israel strikes, which have so far killed hundreds in Iran, according to the Iranian Red Crescent, are expected to carry on for up to four weeks, but Trump has warned they could go on for ‘far longer.’
