As Iran attacks ships, threatens banks and toll on US military rises, Trump vows to end war soon

A senior Qatari official who worked for years in the Gulf state’s foreign ministry told CBS News on Wednesday that the Middle East is, “for all intents and purposes,” embroiled in a regional war that governments in the region have been warning about for years.

Dr. Majid al-Ansari, an adviser to Qatar’s prime minister and official spokesman for the country’s Foreign Ministry, informed CBS News that Gulf countries have consistently warned that unchecked tensions could lead to escalation in Syria, Gaza, and Lebanon.

According to Doha, that dire prophecy has now been fulfilled.

He told CBS News, “We clearly stated that unchecked tensions would lead to a regional war.” “Currently, we are effectively experiencing a regional war.”

Iran has targeted seven Gulf countries.

Iran has targeted seven Gulf countries since the US and Israel launched attacks on the Islamic republic on February 28, he said, drawing countries into a war they never wanted to be a part of.

Al-Ansari stated that missile alerts now illuminate people’s phones throughout the night, and interceptors soar overhead, shaking the reality of Qataris.

“Such activity is a daily occurrence now,” he said. “We wake up at 4 a.m. to alerts on our phones.”

“I never imagined that my daughters would live in a situation where missiles would fly over us almost constantly throughout the day,” al-Ansari said.