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Published 19 Mar, 2026 01:41am

Qatar orders departure of two Iranian diplomats over gas facility attack

Qatar’s foreign ministry has ordered Iran’s military and security attaches, along with their staff, to leave the country within 24 hours, following an attack on its massive natural gas facility, AFP reports.

“Both the military attache and the security attache in the embassy, in addition to those working in the two attache offices, persona non grata, and requests that they leave the state’s territories within a maximum period of 24 hours,” the ministry has said in a social media post.

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