In an emailed message to US citizens in Qatar, the embassy has recommended they shelter in place until further notice, Al Jazeera reported.
The recommendation was “out of an abundance of caution”, it said, without offering further information.
Qatar is home to the sprawling Al Udeid Air Base, which houses some 10,000 troops and serves as the forward headquarters for US Central Command, or CENTCOM.
After the US strikes on Iran’s three nuclear facilities, which Trump claimed “obliterated” them, Iranian officials have threatened to hit US military bases across the region.
“The criminal US must know that in addition to punishing its illegitimate and aggressive offspring [Israel], the hands of Islam’s fighters within the armed forces have been freed to take any action against its interests and military, and we will never back down in this regard,” Abdolrahim Mousavi, the new chief of staff of Iranian armed forces, said in a statement.
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