The Pentagon has acknowledged that an Iranian ballistic missile hit Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in June during an Iranian attack after President Donald Trump downplayed the assault.

Pentagon officials had not previously acknowledged any damage at the base from an Iranian missile attack and had said that U.S. forces there "successfully defended against the attack."

The Pentagon admitted that an Iranian ballistic missile hit Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. New York, IRNA – The Pentagon’s chief spokesman Sean Parnell has acknowledged that one of Iran’s ballistic missiles struck Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar—the largest U.S. military facility in the Middle East.