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The United States military said it intercepted and destroyed four Iranian one-way attack drones on Friday as they approached the Strait of Hormuz, before launching retaliatory strikes against Iranian coastal radar installations. The latest exchange marks another escalation in months of military confrontation......
Saudi Arabia shut the King Fahd Causeway early Tuesday, severing the sole land link between the kingdom and the island of Bahrain, after Iran launched ballistic missiles at the oil-rich Eastern Province. The closure came as a deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump, demanding Iran reopen the Strait......
Five weeks into Iran's sustained drone and missile campaign against Gulf states, the arithmetic of air defense is turning against the defenders. Gulf countries have exhausted the vast majority of their pre-war interceptor stocks repelling thousands of incoming projectiles, and resupply is falling......
Debris from an intercepted Iranian drone struck the facade of Oracle's building at Dubai Internet City early Saturday morning as the Gulf conflict entered its fifth week with no sign of abatement. Dubai's Media Office confirmed the incident in a post on X, describing it as a "minor incident"......
Several Gulf states have privately conveyed serious concerns to the Trump administration over the president's threats to target Iranian desalination plants, warning that such strikes could trigger catastrophic retaliation against their own water infrastructure. The warnings reveal a deepening rift......
The United Arab Emirates is preparing to deploy its navy as part of a multinational coalition to forcibly reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a move that took on added urgency Tuesday after President Donald Trump suggested the United States could withdraw from the conflict with Iran within two to three weeks......
Bahrain has announced a ban on night-time maritime navigation in its territorial waters, citing escalating security concerns linked to what authorities describe as ongoing aggression from Iran. According to the Ministry of the Interior, the restriction took effect immediately and will remain in place......
Saudi Arabia’s armed forces intercepted 92 drones within 24 hours as Iran intensified its aerial campaign against energy infrastructure across the Gulf, highlighting the scale and persistence of the conflict. According to official statements cited by Arab News, Saudi defenses shot down 51 drones......
Iranian drone attacks have dropped sharply since the start of the conflict, according to US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, but Gulf countries continue to face strikes from Iranian unmanned aircraft targeting civilian and strategic infrastructure. Speaking on March 13, Hegseth said Iranian kamikaze......
Twelve days after the outbreak of a widening conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran, the Gulf region continues to face sustained waves of Iranian missile and drone attacks that have struck every member of the Gulf Cooperation Council, caused civilian casualties and killed U.S. personnel,......
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Rome intends to provide air defense assistance to Gulf states affected by Iranian retaliatory strikes, joining the United Kingdom, France and Germany in pledging military support to the region. Speaking to Italian radio station RTL 102.5 on March 5, Meloni......
The United States has expanded evacuation efforts across the Middle East after Iranian drone strikes targeted American diplomatic facilities in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, marking a further escalation in the growing military confrontation between Washington and Tehran. Iranian drones......
Iran said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio effectively acknowledged that Washington joined a voluntary conflict on Israel’s behalf after he defended the joint American Israeli military operation against Iran during remarks at the U.S. Capitol. Speaking before a closed door briefing with lawmakers......
