DOHA — Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud held a phone call on Monday. The discussion focused on facilitating mediation efforts between the United States and Iran following renewed hostilities in the region.

The phone call followed Iran's launch of ballistic missiles toward Israel, which ended approximately one month of calm. Prior to the missile launch, Israeli forces conducted attacks on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon. On Sunday, Israeli strikes hit residential buildings in a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Beirut, killing two people and injuring 17, according to Lebanon's state news agency.

The strikes in Beirut marked the first attack on the Lebanese capital since a U.S.-brokered truce. Ebrahim Rezaei, a spokesman for Iran's parliamentary National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, posted a statement on X regarding the Beirut strikes. "We will deliver a decisive and painful response to the Zionist regime's attack on Dahiyeh. These rabid dogs must be disciplined and put back in their place. Watch the skies over the occupied lands tonight." Rezaei posted. Parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf accused Washington of authorizing these Israeli strikes.

Following the missile exchanges, U.S. President Donald Trump demanded an immediate ceasefire and a return to peace negotiations. Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani also spoke with Trump regarding diplomatic solutions to the ongoing conflict. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf visited Qatar in May for diplomatic talks.

Airspace in the region was affected by the events. Iran temporarily closed the western part of its airspace and suspended operations at Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport. Iraq closed its airspace for 72 hours and suspended air navigation services, while Syria closed its southern airspace for 12 hours and halted operations at Damascus International Airport. Qatar issued a Notice to Air Missions establishing temporary alternate flight routes for aircraft departing from Doha and several airports in Saudi Arabia, effective from June 7 to June 14.

No independent assessment of Saudi Arabia’s claims was available.