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.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said the strikes were a direct response to what Tehran called “unprovoked aggression against Iran’s territorial integrity and national sovereignty” by the United States.