President Trump said he must have a role in choosing Iran’s next leader and called the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “unacceptable,” adding a new layer of uncertainty into the war in the Middle East, now on its sixth day.

The conflict continues to spread, with new Israeli strikes in Lebanon and Tehran, and Iranian drones hitting neighboring Azerbaijan for the first time. America’s Gulf allies, pummeled for days by Iranian missiles and drones, are rapidly running out of interceptors to shoot down those projectiles, CBS News’ Margaret Brennan has learned.
Iran matched U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s escalatory rhetoric and threatened “more intense and widespread” attacks to cripple the region’s economy.

Qatari officials announced early Friday morning local time that their military stopped an Iranian drone targeting the Al Udeid airbase in Doha.

The Qatari Ministry of Defense said in a statement that its defense forces “successfully intercepted a drone attack” targeting Al Udeid, which is the largest U.S. base in the Middle East with about 8,000 to 10,000 U.S. troops.

Qatari’s defense ministry had reported Thursday that the country was targeted by 14 ballistic missiles and four drones from Iran. All but one of the missiles were intercepted, with the remaining missile landing in ocean waters.