HIBAPRESS – Agencies
Qatar's Ministry of Defense announced that Qatar was targeted on Wednesday by three cruise missiles from Iran.
The ministry said in a statement carried by the Qatar News Agency (QNA) that the Qatari armed forces successfully intercepted two missiles, while the third missile hit an oil tanker chartered by QatarEnergy in the economic waters of the State of Qatar. It indicated that the necessary measures were taken and coordination with the relevant authorities to evacuate the oil tanker, whose crew includes 21 people, without any human losses. For its part, QatarEnergy confirmed that the tanker Aqua 1, a fuel oil tanker chartered by it, was targeted by a missile attack on Wednesday morning, in the territorial waters north of Qatar. The company added in a statement that "none of the tanker's crew members were harmed, and this attack did not have any environmental effects."
