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Another wave of Iranian strikes hit Gulf countries over the night of March 11 and 12, mainly targeting facilities housing or supporting the United States military in response to the ongoing American-Israeli war on the Islamic Republic.
Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said early in the morning that fuel storage tanks at a facility in Muharraq governorate were targeted in an attack attributed to Iran, adding that authorities have begun taking measures to handle the incident and secure the site.
Muharraq is home to Bahrain International Airport. Videos posted to social networks revealed that the fuel storage tanks hit were located there.
The airport functions as a dual-use facility, serving as a primary civilian aviation hub while also hosting a permanent military installation known as Muharraq Airfield, mainly run by the United States Navy.
Meanwhile in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai Media Office reported responding to a series of drone incidents in separate statements.
A drone hit a hotel in Dubai Creek Harbour in the early morning. Later, the media office reported a “minor incident involving a drone that fell onto the façade of a building on Sheikh Zayed Road”, with no injuries there either. Images on social media showed some damage to the outside of UP Tower.
An incident was also reported by the media office in the Al Bada district, which is close to Satwa and Sheikh Zayed Road, without specifying what happened.
Iran has repeatedly accused the U.S. of sheltering its troops and setting up intelligence operations centers at high-rise buildings and hotels in Gulf states.
In Saudi Arabia, the kingdom’s Ministry of Defense announced the interception of three ballistic missiles and 34 drones in separate statements overnight.
The missiles targeted Prince Sultan Air Base, according to the ministry. Multiple U.S. warplanes are currently based there, including airborne early warning and control aircraft, as well as communication relay planes. These warplanes are certainly aiding the attack on Iran.
The ministry also said that eight of the drones were intercepted over the Empty Quarter, while heading towards Shaybah field. The field is one of Saudi Arabia’s largest oil and gas fields, producing over one million barrels per day of premium crude, in addition to natural gas liquids critical for the kingdom’s petrochemical industry.
The remaining drones were all intercepted over the Eastern Province, where multiple military sites, important fields, and key infrastructure facilities are located, except for one which was shot down over the embassies district in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
Later in the morning, Kuwait’s Public Authority for Civil Aviation acknowledged that the capital’s international airport took damage after being targeted by Iran.
“The civil aviation announces that Kuwait International Airport was targeted by several drones, resulting only in material damage,” authorities said in a statement, adding that there are no casualties.
Kuwait International Airport hosts Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base, which includes Cargo City, a logistics hub for the U.S. Air Force.
Iran escalated its retaliatory strikes in recent days, with Gulf countries hit the worst. There is still no sign that Arabs will respond by joining the American-Israeli war. This could, however, change if the war dragged on, especially that many of these countries were forced to cut down on the production and export of oil and gas.
With time, the cost of joining the war for countries like Saudi Arabia and the UAE for example could become less than that of tolerating Iranian strikes.
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