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Turkish Airlines announced Monday that it has canceled all flights scheduled for June 23 to several Gulf destinations, including Bahrain, Dammam, Doha, Dubai, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi and Muscat, citing escalating regional tensions.
The announcement came hours after Iran’s armed forces launched “destructive and powerful missile attacks” on the U.S. Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar as part of Operation Bashayer Al-Fath, or “Glad Tidings of Victory.”
According to Israel’s public broadcaster KAN, 10 Iranian missiles targeted American military installations in Qatar.
Qatar’s Defense Ministry said the missiles were intercepted and reported no immediate casualties. The Qatari government condemned the attacks and said it was coordinating closely with international partners to monitor the situation.
A senior White House official confirmed Monday that the administration is “aware of, and closely monitoring, potential threats to Al Udeid Air Base,” which serves as the U.S. military’s largest facility in the Middle East.
The U.S. Embassy in Doha issued a shelter-in-place advisory for American citizens in Qatar, urging them to remain indoors as a precaution..
The Iranian missile attacks were launched in retaliation for U.S. airstrikes over the weekend on Iran’s nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, ordered by President Donald Trump.
Iran’s Chief of Staff, Maj. Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi, vowed Monday that the U.S. strikes “will not go unanswered.”
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In response, Trump warned that any Iranian retaliation “will be met with force far greater than what was witnessed” during the weekend’s bombardment.
Tensions in the Gulf have escalated sharply since June 13, when Israel launched airstrikes on Iranian territory, prompting a wave of retaliatory missile fire.
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