Qatar issued a formal condemnation Saturday of Iran’s renewed strikes on Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait, calling the attacks a serious breach of international law. Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said it “condemns in the strongest terms the renewed attacks launched by the Islamic Republic of Iran” against the three countries, describing them as “a flagrant violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the targeted countries, and a blatant breach of international law, the Charter of the United Nations, and the principles of good neighborliness,” according to Fox News.
Qatar cited UN Security Council Resolution 2817 in its rebuke, which condemned Iran’s Gulf attacks when it passed 13 to 0 in March, per the UN’s press office. China and Russia abstained rather than veto the measure, with Moscow’s ambassador calling the text “one-sided” for omitting the US and Israeli strikes that triggered the war. This fracture has left the Council unable to agree on any binding response since.
Kuwait absorbed fresh damage to its oil sector Saturday, with Kuwait Petroleum Corporation reporting “repeated” strikes and material losses, Fox News reported. Iran’s own military statements, carried by state broadcaster IRIB, claimed the prior night’s strikes hit an ammunition depot at Al-Udairi Camp and a Patriot battery at Ali Al-Salem Air Base, both hosting US forces, according to The Tribune.
Kuwait and Bahrain host CENTCOM infrastructure and Gulf air defense assets, making them recurring targets rather than incidental casualties of a war fought elsewhere.
