Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad says Qatar will ‘not hesitate’ to make sure its stability as US-Israeli warfare on Iran continues.
Printed On 13 Mar 2026
Qatar’s Inside Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad has mentioned the scenario within the Gulf nation is “steady” amid Iranian drone and missile attacks launched throughout the Center East in response to the US-Israeli warfare on Iran.
In an interview with Qatar Tv on Friday, Sheikh Khalifa mentioned the Qatari authorities had a plan in place to cope with the prospect of extra Iranian assaults amid a regional warfare.
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“The safety scenario in the country is steady, and we won’t hesitate to take any measure that ensures the steadiness of our nation,” he mentioned.
The inside minister mentioned Qatar’s early warning system has been efficient as authorities responded to stories of falling missile fragments at greater than 600 websites throughout the nation.
He added that Qatar has sufficient water to final for a number of months, in addition to meals reserves that can cowl the nation’s wants for a yr and a half.
Sheikh Khalifa’s remarks come as Qatar and different international locations within the Gulf area have confronted a barrage of Iranian assaults since america and Israel launched a warfare in opposition to Iran on February 28.
Whereas Iran has mentioned it’s concentrating on US and Israeli army pursuits within the wider Center East, the strikes have hit civilian infrastructure, together with oil and fuel amenities.
That has prompted a slowdown in regional energy production, which – coupled with Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a key Gulf waterway – has raised issues across the warfare’s results on world economies.
Earlier this week, the United Nations Safety Council handed a decision denouncing the Iranian assaults on Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) international locations.
Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al Thani, Qatar’s ambassador to the UN, had condemned the firings as “a transparent violation of worldwide regulation and the UN Constitution”.
The assaults, she instructed reporters in New York on Wednesday, “impacts deeply the inspiration of understanding upon which bilateral relations between our international locations have been constructed”.
