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        "id": 1590406,
        "msgid": "series-of-explosions-echo-across-doha-as-smoke-billows-1772714017",
        "date": "2026-03-05 18:00:11",
        "title": "Series of Explosions Echo Across Doha as Smoke Billows",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Explosions roared over Doha on 5 March 2026, as Gulf states faced renewed Iranian drone and missile strikes, with Qatar evacuating residents near the U.S. Embassy. The Qatari prime minister, who also serves as foreign minister, criticised Iran's foreign minister in what was described as the first high-level contact since the attacks. Reports also noted blasts in Manama, Saudi intercepts of missiles and drones, and a tanker off Kuwait's coast hit by a large explosion causing an oil spill.",
        "content": "<p>Series of explosions echoed in the Doha sky, the capital of Qatar, on\nThursday 5 March 2026 local time, accompanied by billowing smoke. This\noccurred hours after Qatar\u2019s authorities announced they were evacuating\nresidents near the U.S. Embassy complex in Doha. Gulf states have been\ntargeted by a fresh wave of Iranian drone and missile strikes in\nretaliation for American and Israeli actions since Saturday, 28\nFebruary. AFP journalists in Doha described the blasts on Thursday as\namong the most powerful since Iran began targeting the Gulf state at the\nweekend; a plume of black smoke rose into the Doha sky. It was not yet\nclear whether there were any damages or casualties from the latest\nblasts in Qatar. The blasts came a few hours after Qatar\u2019s Prime\nMinister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, who also serves as\nForeign Minister, criticised Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi\nduring a telephone call on Thursday. This marked the first high-level\ncommunication between the two countries since Iran targeted Qatar with\ndrone and missile strikes. In the telephone conversation, the Qatari\nForeign Ministry quoted Sheikh Mohammed as accusing Iran of seeking to\n\u201cendanger neighbouring states and drag them into a war that is not\ntheirs\u201d. He also rejected Iran\u2019s claim that its strikes were aimed only\nat US targets, not Qatar, emphasising that several attacks hit civilian\nareas and settlements. The explosions were also heard in Manama,\nBahrain\u2019s capital, on Thursday. In Saudi Arabia, authorities said they\nhad intercepted three cruise missiles and three drones on the same day.\nOff Kuwait\u2019s coast, according to the UK\u2019s Maritime Trade Operations\n(UKMTO), a tanker was struck by a \u201clarge explosion\u201d triggering an oil\nspill at sea.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/series-of-explosions-echo-across-doha-as-smoke-billows-1772714017",
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