Qatar says targeted by 12 Iranian missiles on Saturday

Qatar's defence ministry said on Sunday that Iran had fired a dozen missiles at the country a day earlier, as Tehran continued its strikes across the Gulf.

"Qatar's Ministry of Defense announced that the State of Qatar was subjected yesterday, Saturday, to an attack involving 10 ballistic missiles and 2 cruise missiles launched from the Islamic Republic of Iran," the ministry posted in a statement on X.

It said the Gulf nation's military intercepted six ballistic missiles, while two fell in the country's territorial waters, and two landed in an "uninhabited area", adding that it intercepted two cruise missiles.