Did Iran Warn Qatar Before the Strikes?

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00:00So what was interesting news we're getting about that retaliation is the New York Times reports

00:05Iran informed Qatar in advance of the strikes of US bases. So we know, Gemma, Qatar closed its

00:13airspace earlier today. But Iran, of course, well, as I just said, gave them a heads up if reports

00:18are to believe about these attacks. Yeah, so Qatar has closed its airspace and so has Bahrain

00:25and Kuwait. Yes, we've been told that there was a heads up given. We don't know when it

00:33was given. Was it given before the missiles were launched? Was it given when the missiles

00:37were in the air? But it was given. So we know that that was done. They've been very keen

00:45to point out that their argument is not with Qatar, who they called their friendly and brotherly

00:51neighbour. But Qatar has said it does reserve the right to respond. Now, there's 8000 citizens

00:58at the US airbase, you know, working in and around. So there's US and UK citizens been told

01:06to shelter in place, not as a, you know, all out warning, but more as a, you know, let's

01:13be aware about the situation and what's going on. And obviously, the airport has closed in

01:18Doha, a Hamad International, and it's one of the top 10 busiest airports in the world.

01:22So obviously flights diverted. And these guys see like 140,000 passengers a day. So the knock-on

01:28effect for that is still going to be felt.