Ten days of intense fighting. Ten days of conflict and there’s no sign of the Iran war abating. The Islamic Republic launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf countries on Monday. Now, nearly every country in West Asia has sustained damage from missile hits, drone strikes, or shrapnel.
The attacks have disrupted supply chains, creating uncertainty for the oil and gas and fertiliser industries as key infrastructure has been targeted or shut down out of caution. Shipping traffic has halted along the Strait of Hormuz, a critical route.
As the conflict continues to broaden, here’s a look at how the rich countries in West Asia are bearing the brunt of the war.
Bahrain
Since the Iran war broke out on February 28, the country of Bahrain has been significantly targeted by the Iranian Guards.
On Monday, Bahrain said that an Iranian drone attack on the island of Sitra injured 32 people overnight. All of the wounded were Bahraini citizens, and there were four “serious cases”, including children, the health ministry said in a statement carried by the state news agency, adding that the wounded included a 17-year-old girl who suffered severe head and eye injuries, and a two-month-old baby.
Also, an Iranian strike targeted Bahrain’s sprawling Al Ma’ameer oil facility, causing a fire at the complex along with material damage. “Outbreak of a fire due to the Iranian aggression targeting a facility in Al Ma’ameer, with material damage reported but no casualties recorded, and the competent authorities have begun firefighting procedures,” Bahrain News Agency said in a post on X.
Following the attack, Bahrain’s state-owned energy company
Bapco declared force majeure.
Earlier, Bahrain reported a single death linked to a strike that hit the country. Another drone strike also hit an Amazon data centre in Bahrain, the tech company said last Tuesday.
Kuwait
New explosions could be heard across Kuwait on Monday, but details are yet to be provided. This comes after the West Asian country was targeted by seven missiles and five drones on Sunday, according to authorities.
On Sunday, Kuwait faced a barrage of strikes, with authorities noting that Kuwait’s main building for social security was targeted, causing material damage, and that it would not receive visitors there on Sunday.
The Social Security Building in Kuwait City has been nearly completely destroyed in a fire after it was hit by an Iranian suicide drone a few hours ago pic.twitter.com/NHeVqsVQ8B
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Additionally, fuel tanks at Kuwait’s international airport were targeted in a drone attack, the military said. The official Kuwait News Agency said a fire at the airport was brought under control, reporting no “significant injuries”. The military called the drone attack “a direct targeting of vital infrastructure”.
As a result, the country’s national oil company announced a “precautionary” cut to its crude production.
As of the latest reports, Kuwait has reported 10 deaths, including six
US military members.
Also, last Monday, the US Embassy compound in Kuwait was struck, resulting in its closure, the second such move in West Asia since the war with Iran began. A satellite image shows the main building in the complex destroyed, with a trail of black smoke rising from it. It’s in Port Shuaiba, a working seaport south of Kuwait City.
Saudi Arabia
On Monday, the West Asian kingdom announced that it had intercepted a drone attack targeting the Shaybah oil field in the east, near the Emirati border. Additionally, two Bangladeshi nationals have died after a projectile fell on a residential site in the central part of the kingdom.
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At least 2 people m killed and 12 injured after an Iranian ballistic missile struck near Al-Kharj in Saudi Arabia pic.twitter.com/tt2or5G6m5
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The Civil Defense added that 12 others were injured by the projectile, but did not mention who was responsible for the attack.
The US Central Command further announced that a US soldier, who was injured in an attack on American troops on March 1, had succumbed to his injuries. “This is the seventh service member killed in action during Operation Epic Fury,” said Centcom, adding that the soldier’s identity will be withheld until 24 hours after next-of-kin notification.
As the Iran war continues, 10 days since it first began, American personnel at the US diplomatic mission in Saudi Arabia have been ordered to leave the country. Last Tuesday, the Saudi Defence Ministry said the US embassy in Riyadh was attacked by two drones, which sparked a small fire. The US closed the embassy following the attack.
United Arab Emirates
More than 1,000 strikes and counting… That’s how much Iran has targeted the United Arab Emirates since the beginning of the war. On Monday (March 8), the National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority said in a statement on X that air defences responded to “a missile threat”.
On Sunday too, the UAE said its air defenses detected 17 ballistic missiles — destroying 16, while one fell into the sea.
So far, at least three foreign workers from Nepal, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, have died in strikes on the UAE since the Iran war started. Earlier, when Iran began its retaliatory attacks, Dubai’s international airport and its landmark Burj Al Arab hotel were damaged, and at least four staff members were injured.
The country’s airspace has been closed for commercial flights, and travellers have been left stranded. Demand for charter flights out of the UAE has since skyrocketed, with some people reportedly paying up to thousands of dollars for a seat.
Qatar
According to AFP journalists, several explosions were heard on Monday in the Qatari capital Doha. Doha has been targeted by waves of drones and missiles since Iran launched a retaliation campaign across the Gulf in the wake of US and Israeli attacks against the Islamic Republic.
And even while Iran continued its attacks on Qatar, its
Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani told Sky News his country will continue to seek de-escalation. “We will continue talking to the Iranians, we will continue trying to seek de-escalation,” the prime minister said, adding, “What happened is really a huge shake-up for the trust in the relationship that we have with Iran.”
Travel in and out of Qatar has also been disrupted significantly as a result of Iran’s retaliatory strikes.
These countries have borne much of Tehran’s response after the United States and Israel’s strikes on Saturday, with Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian warning that the Islamic republic “will be forced to respond” against its neighbours if their territory is used to attack it.
It’s a matter of time to see how this war unfolds — will Iran capitulate, or will Israel-US be pressured to stop?
With inputs from agencies
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