BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:10 P.M.) – On Thursday, December 24, Qatar announced that Bahraini fighter jets had penetrated its airspace, in a new escalation in the Persian Gulf region.
The Qatar News Agency (QNA) published a statement saying that “the State of Qatar informed the UN Security Council and the Secretary-General of the United Nations about air violations by 4 Bahraini fighter planes.”
They explained, “The fighters penetrated Qatari airspace on Wednesday, December 9, 2020.”
Qatar said that Ambassador Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al Thani, the permanent representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations, sent a letter to Ambassador Jerry Matjela, Permanent Representative of South Africa and President of the Security Council for this month, and to Mr.
