President Donald Trump, along with the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, held a meeting in the Situation Room, while reports of the attack were coming from Qatar, News.bg reports.
The National Security Council has been meeting almost daily since Israel began its military actions against Iran ten days ago, the BBC recalls.
At the center of the latest discussions was the Iranian missile attack on the Al-Udeid air base in Qatar - the largest US military facility in the Middle East and a forward headquarters of the Central Command, responsible for operations in the region.
Just days earlier, satellite images showed that dozens of US aircraft had been pulled from the base's runway as a precautionary measure before the weekend US airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites.
President Trump visited “Al-Udeid“ in May during his tour of the region. At the time, he told US military personnel:
“As president, my priority is to end conflicts, not start them. But I will not hesitate to use American force if necessary to defend the United States or our partners.“
After the weekend airstrikes, Trump warned that any Iranian response would be “met with a much stronger response“. He is now under intense domestic and international pressure to prove that his warnings were not just words.