At dawn today, the naval forces of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps carried out a combined drone and ballistic missile strike on the US Al-Adiri helicopter base in Qatar, Pars Today reports.

According to the IRGC statement, during this wave of attacks the corps' naval ballistic missile unit precisely struck the base's helicopter training and repair centers, fuel storage facilities for helicopters and aircraft, and the command post of the base, causing serious destruction.

A large fire broke out at the base following the attack, with dense black smoke rising from the base and visible from a great distance, the statement adds.