Qatar also reports new attacks, after loud explosions were heard in Dubai and Bahrain’s Manama
3-MIN READ3-MIN ListenAgence France-PressePublished: 9:45am, 8 Mar 2026Updated: 9:50am, 8 Mar 2026Gulf nations reported on Sunday missiles and drone attacks, while Iran vowed to press on with strikes against neighbouring countries as the regional war entered its second week.
Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait all reported new attacks, after loud explosions were heard in Dubai and Bahrain’s Manama a day earlier, and Kuwait’s national oil company announced a “precautionary” cut to production.
Qatar’s defence ministry said on Sunday that the country was targeted a day earlier by 10 ballistic missiles and two cruise missiles fired from Iran, but most of them were intercepted and caused no casualties.
Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry on Sunday said it had intercepted and destroyed 15 drones that entered the kingdom’s airspace, including six east of the capital Riyadh.
Also on Sunday, Kuwait’s military said it had responded “to a wave of hostile drones that penetrated the country’s airspace”.
Fuel tanks at Kuwait’s international airport were targeted in a drone attack, the military said, calling the drone attack “a direct targeting of vital infrastructure”.
