{"id":68851,"date":"2025-06-23T21:05:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T21:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=68851"},"modified":"2025-06-23T21:05:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T21:05:03","slug":"iran-strikes-us-bases-in-qatar-iraq-in-retaliatory-missile-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/23\/iran-strikes-us-bases-in-qatar-iraq-in-retaliatory-missile-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Strikes US Bases in Qatar, Iraq in Retaliatory Missile Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Iran has launched missile strikes on United States military bases in Qatar and Iraq, marking a major escalation in tensions following recent US-led attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities.<\/p>\n<p>At least six missiles were fired late Monday, hitting Al-Udeid Air Base near Doha and several locations in Iraq. Explosions were heard in Doha, and smoke was seen near the city.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon confirmed \u201cactive threats\u201d but did not release casualty figures.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, described the attack as a \u201clegitimate act of defense\u201d and warned of more forceful responses if provoked further.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration is reportedly seeking China\u2019s help to prevent Iran from closing the Strait of Hormuz, a vital global oil route.<\/p>\n<p>US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that such action would threaten international energy security.<\/p>\n<p>Gulf states including Qatar, Kuwait, and the UAE have activated emergency protocols, while oil prices surged past $100 per barrel amid fears of wider conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Military experts caution that the situation could spiral into a regional war if diplomatic efforts fail.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal Iran has launched missile strikes on United States military bases in Qatar and Iraq, marking a major escalation in tensions following recent US-led attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities. At least six missiles were fired late Monday, hitting Al-Udeid Air Base near Doha and several locations in Iraq. Explosions were heard in Doha, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":68852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[249],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68853,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68851\/revisions\/68853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}