Gulf States Face Iranian Missile Attacks Amid Oil Tanker Fires as Drone War Spreads

Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, and Iraq faced coordinated wave of Iranian missile and drone strikes.

“Official sources in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE, and Iraq announced a series of synchronized security and military incidents at the dawn of the 32nd day of the US-Israeli war on Iran”

Al-Jazeera Net

The Kuwaiti General Staff announced that air defenses repelled hostile rocket and drone attacks.

Al-Jazeera Net

Saudi Arabia intercepted and destroyed at least seven ballistic missiles over Riyadh and the Eastern Province.

The UAE Ministry of Defense confirmed repelling ballistic missile and drone attacks.

Bahrain sounded air raid sirens for the first time in the conflict.

Iranian forces targeted a Kuwaiti crude oil tanker at the Port of Dubai.

Firefighters succeeded in extinguishing the blaze.

Anadolu Ajansı

An oil tanker operated by Bahrain's Alba collided in the Strait of Hormuz.

Regional oil trade faced escalating threats.

President Trump declared Gulf states 100% on our side.

“US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, Kuwait, and Bahrain are fully aligned with the United States in the ongoing war against Iran, declaring that “they are 100% on our side” as tensions continue to escalate”

The Times of India

Gulf Arab capitals publicly condemned Iranian attacks on their territory.

Trump acknowledged Washington had been caught off guard.

The coordinated attacks occurred simultaneously across multiple Gulf states.

Bahrain arrested three individuals affiliated with Hezbollah.

Al-Jarida Al-Quds

The war was spreading beyond American-Israeli targeting of Iran.