Qatar warns any US-Iran escalation would be 'catastrophic' for region
Qatar warns that a military escalation between the US and Iran, following US threats over Iran's protest crackdown, would have catastrophic regional consequences.
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- Published Date: 02:15 | 13 January 2026
"We know that any escalation... would have catastrophic results in the region and beyond, and therefore we want to avoid that as much as possible," Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said at a press conference in Doha.
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