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Some unit astatine a cardinal U.S. subject basal successful Qatar person been advised to evacuate by Wednesday (January 14, 2026) evening, a U.S. authoritative said. The determination came arsenic a elder authoritative successful Iran brought up an earlier Iranian onslaught there.
The official, who spoke to The Associated Press on Wednesday (January 14, 2026) connected the information of anonymity to sermon delicate plans, described the determination astatine Al Udeid Air Base successful Qatar arsenic a precautionary measure. The authoritative wouldn’t spell into immoderate further details astir the move, including whether the evacuation was optional oregon mandatory, if it affected troops oregon civilian personnel, oregon the fig of those advised to leave, citing the request for operational security.
In response, Qatar said Wednesday that specified measures were being “undertaken successful effect to the existent determination tensions.”
“The IMO reaffirms that the State of Qatar continues to instrumentality each indispensable measures to safeguard the information and information of its citizens and residents arsenic a apical priority, including actions related to the extortion of captious infrastructure and subject facilities,” Qatar’s media bureau said successful a station connected X.
The Pentagon declined to remark connected questions astir the move. The State Department had nary contiguous remark connected the imaginable for immoderate information alerts to beryllium issued for American diplomats oregon different civilians successful Qatar. In June, the Embassy had issued a little shelter-in-place advisory to U.S. citizens successful Doha but stopped abbreviated of evacuating diplomats oregon advising Americans to permission the country.
The precautionary measurement comes arsenic anti-government protests successful adjacent Iran proceed and President Donald Trump has said that helium is consenting to behaviour subject operations successful the state if the authorities continues to retaliate against the protesters.
The base, which hosts thousands of U.S. work members, was targeted by Iran successful June successful retaliation for U.S. strikes connected its atomic facilities.
Ali Shamkhani, an advisor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, connected the societal level X wrote “the #US President, who repeatedly talks astir the futile aggression against #Iran’s atomic facilities, would bash good to besides notation the demolition of the US basal successful #Al-Udeid by Iranian missiles.”
“It would surely assistance make a existent knowing of Iran’s volition and quality to respond to immoderate aggression,” helium added.
Iranian and Qatari officials had spoken connected Tuesday (January 13, 2026) amid the deadly crackdown successful Iran and America’s escalating threats to intervene if protesters are not spared.
Ali Larijani, caput of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, had a telephone telephone with Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Qatar’s premier minister.
In a connection connected X, Al Thani said that helium “reaffirmed the State of Qatar’s backing of each de-escalation efforts, arsenic good arsenic peaceful solutions to heighten information and stableness successful the region.”
Iran’s determination successful June to retaliate against U.S. strikes by targeting the sprawling godforsaken installation extracurricular Doha created a uncommon hostility betwixt the 2 maritime neighbors, with Qatari officials saying it caught them by surprise.
No American oregon Qatari unit were harmed, the U.S. military’s Central Command said astatine the time, noting that the 2 forces worked unneurotic to support the base. A Qatari subject serviceman said 1 of 19 missiles fired by Iran was not intercepted and deed the base, but the Republican U.S. president said successful a societal media station astatine the clip that “hardly immoderate harm was done.”
The Gulf State has been caught successful the crossfire of different determination tensions, including an Israeli onslaught successful September connected the office of Hamas’ governmental enactment successful Doha portion the group’s apical figures had been gathered to see a U.S. connection for a ceasefire successful the Gaza Strip.
