—❗️🇺🇸/🇶🇦/🇮🇷 Air defense activity over Doha

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NEW LAUNCHES

—❗️🇺🇸/🇦🇪/🇮🇷 BREAKING: The UAE has closed its airspace to civilian air traffic

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The IRGC will release a statement soon, which will clear up most of the doubt.

My sources are saying this will be a continuous thing, not a one-off strike.

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Statement by the Iranian Armed Forces:

'Noble and Resilient Nation of Iran!

Following the blatant military aggression of the criminal regime of the United States of America against the peaceful nuclear facilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the clear violation of international law, by the order of the Supreme National Security Council and the leadership of the Central Headquarters of the Rasool Al-Azam, the IRGC with the sacred code of ' Ya Aba Abdullah Al-Hussein' has targeted the Al-Udeid base in Qatar with a devastating and powerful missile attack in Operation Besharat Fatah.

This base is the headquarters of the Air Force and the largest strategic asset of the U.S. terrorist army in the West Asian region.

The message of this decisive action of the sons of the nation in the armed forces is clear and unequivocal for the White House and its allies:

The Islamic Republic of Iran, relying on God Almighty, relying on the faithful and famous people of Islamic Iran, will not leave its territorial integrity, sovereignty and national security unanswered under any circumstances.

With the aggression of the American enemy, it became clear to everyone that the evil of the Zionists was an extension of the Americans' design. Accordingly, we remind you that in this national defense, the U.S. bases and mobile military targets in the region are not a point of strength, but rather a major weakness and a thorn in the side of this warmongering regime.

On the eve of the month of Muharram, the month of mourning for the leader and commander of martyrs, Hazrat Abu Abdullah Al-Hussein (AS), we once again warn the enemies of Islamic Iran that the era of hit-and-run is over, and the will of the country's powerful people's armed forces.

Any repetition of U.S. aggression will lead to the acceleration of the collapse of the U.S. military pillars in the region, their ignominious escape from West Asia, and the realization of the common aspiration of the Islamic Ummah and the freedom-loving nations of the world in eradicating the cancerous tumor of Zion.'

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇺🇸/🇶🇦 NEW: Iran says it used the same amount of missiles against Al-Udeid as the amount of bombs dropped by the U.S. on Fordow (14)

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Well, this was clearly a symbolic attack, which I expected and was the correct move.

As I said before, in my opinion we should just focus on Israel and not hit the U.S.

But if you're not going to launch enough missiles to even cause some impacts, then why even launch an attack at all? I do not understand the logic. No attack is better than a weak attack, honestly speaking.

But I trust in our leadership and the heroes of the armed forces.

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇧🇭 BREAKING: Bahrain closes its airspace

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Yes, the attack was not very impressive, but Americans being like 'RAAAAAAH 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅 NOBODY DARES TO HIT AMERICA' is even more cringe.

It's like blaming a human for not punching back at the literal terminator.

The U.S. is the most powerful military in the world by far. The fact Iran even did anything speaks volumes.

—❗️🇮🇷/🇺🇸/🇰🇼 BREAKING: Kuwait closes its airspace

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Bahrain announces the all-clear.

—❗️🇪🇬/🇮🇷 NEW: Egyptair has announced the suspension of all flights to Persian Gulf countries until 'the situation in the region stabilizes'

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— ❗️🇹🇷/🇮🇷 NEW: Turkish Airlines has suspended all scheduled flights to and from countries in the Persian Gulf.

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🇮🇷🇺🇸| New York Times: Trump has no intention of responding to Iran attack.

Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey, UAE and Kuwait all condemned the 'unprovoked' Iranian attack on a U.S. base in Qatar.

Clown world.

— Opinion of a second admin (not the owner):

I think this attack is 'better' than we're giving it credit for, it's less about the U.S. and more about the Arab states in the Persian Gulf, who have enjoyed wealth and safety in exchange for selling their countries out for far too long. There's a reason Saudi Arabia immediately condemned the attacks.

This was a message to Gulf countries, that hosting American soldiers and equipment in your countries for no purpose other than to serve Israeli interests will not bring you 'safety', in fact it's the opposite if you keep enabling them and only issue mere statements in support of Iran.

Qatar has never been attacked. Its citizens have never heard sirens in their entire lives. This should make them think twice about normalization.

Older Qadr / Emad missiles were used in this operation, which means everything was taken into account as far as being symbolic.

Either way, I now want to see our full focus shift to Tel Aviv now. Not even Ashdod or Ashkelon, but Tel Aviv, with a side of Haifa.

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Oman says it holds Israel and the U.S. solely responsible for the escalation.

There is one confirmed impact at Al-Udeid which caused 'limited damage' but no casualties.

—❗️🇮🇷/🇮🇱 NEW: Another Israeli UAV has been shot down over Iran, likely a Hermes-900 again

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