Texts from Northwestern University in Qatar started hours before the missiles began firing, alerting students to go to their homes.

By Andrew Mills, Parisa Hafezi and Alexander Cornwell DOHA/ISTANBUL/TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Explosions were heard over Qatar's capital Doha on Monday, a Reuters witness reported, shortly after a Western diplomat said there had been a credible Iranian threat against the U.

Ranking diplomats from Iran and Qatar underlined the two countries’ determination to maintain friendly relations after a retaliatory missile strike by Iran against an American airbase near Doha on Monday evening raised concerns about the complication of situation in the region.