Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad says Qatar will ‘not hesitate’ to make sure its stability as US-Israeli conflict on Iran continues.
Printed On 13 Mar 2026
Qatar’s Inside Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad has stated the state of affairs within the Gulf nation is “secure” amid Iranian drone and missile assaults launched throughout the Center East in response to the US-Israeli conflict on Iran.
In an interview with Qatar Tv on Friday, Sheikh Khalifa stated the Qatari authorities had a plan in place to take care of the prospect of extra Iranian assaults amid a regional conflict.
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“The safety state of affairs in the nation is secure, and we won’t hesitate to take any measure that ensures the steadiness of our nation,” he stated.
The inside minister stated Qatar’s early warning system has been efficient as authorities responded to experiences 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 may 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 the US and Israel launched a conflict towards Iran on February 28.
Whereas Iran has stated it’s focusing on US and Israeli army pursuits within the wider Center East, the strikes have hit civilian infrastructure, together with oil and gasoline amenities.
That has prompted a slowdown in regional vitality manufacturing, which – coupled with Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a key Gulf waterway – has raised considerations across the conflict’s results on international 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 informed reporters in New York on Wednesday, “impacts deeply the inspiration of understanding upon which bilateral relations between our international locations have been constructed”.
