00:00Qatar is describing multiple Iranian missile attacks on Saturday as a flagrant violation of its national sovereignty and an unacceptable
00:07escalation that threatens regional security.
00:10Air defenses here in Doha intercepted several waves of strikes throughout the day.
00:14Residents reported hearing loud blasts as interceptors lit up the sky.
00:18The attacks came after coordinated U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran early Saturday morning.
00:23Tehran had warned its response would be crushing and soon after explosions were heard across parts of the Gulf.
00:30Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the country has long been among the strongest advocates for dialogue with Iran,
00:35but it says these attacks, quote, cannot be accepted under any pretext or justification.
00:40Doha is now calling for an immediate halt to any further escalation, urging all sides to return to the negotiating
00:46table
00:47and warning that without diplomacy, the region risks sliding into an even wider conflict.
00:52Abdul Halim, Euronews, Doha.
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