Massive explosions were reported from the United Arab Emirates capital Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Bahrain as Iran launched counterstrikes after the Israel-US joint strikes in Tehran, Arabic media reported.
Bahrain said that the headquarters of the US Navy’s 5th Fleet has been targeted by a missile attack. Explosions were also heard in Manama in Bahrain and Doha in Qatar.
Iran’s Fars news Agency confirmed the missile attacks on the Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, Al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait, Al-Dhafra Air Base in the UAE, and the fifth US base in Bahrain.
The strikes have come after Iran announced that all US and Israeli assets and interests in the Middle East have become legitimate targets.
Qatar’s Defence Ministry had said earlier that one Iranian missile was intercepted by the patriot Defence system
Qatar, Kuwait and the UAE have all closed their airspaces.
Iran’s foreign ministry issued a statement after Israel and the US’s joint attack.
“The renewed military aggression by the United States and the Zionist regime against Iran constitutes a violation of international law and the principles of the United Nations Charter. The Islamic Republic of Iran considers this aggression a clear breach of international peace and security and emphasises that it reserves its legitimate right to respond decisively,” the ministry said in a statement.
The US has about 19 military sites throughout West Asia.
The Israeli army, meanwhile, issued a statement saying that it was “conducting a broad strike on a number of military targets belonging to the Iranian regime in western Iran.”
