Downing Street confirmed the Cobra meeting was below method on Saturday morning.
“Iran must never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon and that is why we have continually supported efforts to reach a negotiated solution,” a authorities spokesperson stated.
“Our immediate priority is the safety of UK nationals in the region and we will provide them with consular assistance.”
British folks in Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates have been advised by the UK Foreign Office to right away shelter in place following experiences of missile assaults.
UK nationals in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Oman have been advised to “remain vigilant” and take shelter if suggested to take action.
Following the strikes on Iran early on Saturday morning, explosions and air raid sirens have already been heard in Qatar’s capital, Doha, which is host to a US navy facility. Qatar’s defence ministry stated it had intercepted Iranian missiles.
Bahraini state information can be reporting the service centre of the US Navy’s fifth Fleet based mostly within the Gulf nation had been “subjected to a missile attack”.
Donald Trump has described the strikes as the beginning of “major combat operations” and referred to as for Iranian authorities forces to put down their arms.
The US president urged Iranians to shelter till the operation had completed, including: “When we are finished, take over your government.”
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) promised a “crushing” response to the US-Israeli assaults.
