DOHA (Reuters) -Qatar's prime minister said on Tuesday relations with Iran have been scarred by an Iranian missile volley at a U.S. airbase in the Gulf Arab state, but that he hoped ties would eventually "come back to normal".

President Trump has indicated that the U.S. was given prior warning of the Iranian strike. U.S. and Qatari authorities said the missiles were intercepted.

Iran launched several ballistic missiles at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on Monday in response to U.S. bombings over the weekend. Al Udeid is the forward operating HQ for U.S. Central Command and oversees U.