'All red lines have been crossed': Gulf states weigh response to Iranian strikes
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Retaliatory Iranian strikes on Gulf states have tarnished their image as safe and prosperous, writes the BBC's Barbara Plett-Usher.
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'All red lines have been crossed': Gulf states weigh response to Iranian strikes 3 hours ago Share Save Barbara Plett-Usher BBC correspondent, Doha, Qatar Share Save Gulf states have found themselves on the front line of the Middle East's newest war, and they are angry. Iran has retaliated to US-Israeli air strikes by firing hundreds of missiles and drones at its Arab neighbours – targeting American military bases on their soil, but also civilian and energy infrastructure. In doing so it is targeting the Gulf's image as a safe, prosperous hub for travel, tourism and finance, and disrupting the oil and gas industry at its core . This is a war that the Arab governments didn't want and tried to prevent. The question is whether they'll be drawn into it by what they've called the "treacherous" Iranian attacks. Israel launches new strikes on Iran as US identifies first American soldiers killed in conflict Funerals held for students and staff after Iran school strike Battered and isolated, Hezbollah drags Lebanon into another war European allies rush to bolster Cyprus defences after drones target British base "All the red lines have already been crossed," said Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman Majed al Ansari at a press briefing on Tuesday. "The attacks on our sovereignty are constant," he told journalists. "There are attacks on infrastructure. There are attacks on our residential areas. And the effects of these attacks are very clear. When it comes to possible retaliation, all options are with our leadership. But we have to make it very clear that attacks like these will not go unanswered and cannot go unanswered." Mostly the Iranian missiles are being intercepted across the region, but falling debris has started fires and killed people. Drones that are more easily able to get through air defences often cause minimal damage but still sow chaos that disrupts trade and travel. That seems to be the Iranian strategy – to raise the stakes for its Arab neighbours in hopes they...
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