Hundreds of drones targeted Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and UAE during Iran war | tidings

The IRGC said the strike was one of its “strong first actions” as it continues its attacks on U.S. assets in the Gulf country.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Wednesday it had launched 230 drones from several facilities hosting U.S. troops in the Middle East, including the Erbil base in northern Iraq, Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, and Camp Arifjan.

The IRGC said the strike was one of the first strong steps in the war despite Iran’s attacks on Gulf Arab states in the past few days since Israel and the United States launched a joint offensive on Saturday.

Kuwait’s Health Ministry said Wednesday that an 11-year-old girl died after being hit by falling debris. “Resuscitation was performed in the ambulance while the girl was being transported to the hospital. Resuscitation was attempted for approximately 30 minutes after her arrival at Al Amiri Hospital, but she died from her injuries,” the Health Ministry said.

In Iraq, drones targeted the U.S. Embassy’s logistics support facility in Baghdad near Baghdad International Airport, Al Jazeera Arabic reported. There was a similar drone attack near the airport on Tuesday, but it failed, according to Iraqi security media.

Two drones also targeted a U.S. military base and a hotel in Erbil, in Iraq’s northern Kurdish region, security sources told Reuters.

This comes after a building in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq’s Kurdish region, was attacked by a drone on Tuesday evening. Videos shared online and seen by Al Jazeera show flames rising from the building amid reports of explosions.

Saudi Arabia’s Defense Ministry said it intercepted and destroyed a drone in the kingdom’s eastern provinces. No further details were immediately available about the origin of the drone or whether the incident caused any damage or casualties.

Strikes were also reported at the U.S. consulate in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and at the port in Fujairah city.

The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia and the U.S. Consulate in the United Arab Emirates were hit by drone attacks on Tuesday, and the U.S. State Department said Wednesday it had authorized the evacuation of non-emergency government personnel.

Iran began attacking US military assets in Israel and the Gulf region following the first US-Israeli airstrikes on February 28 and the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Al Jazeera reporter Jane Basravi, reporting from the Qatari capital Doha, said despite the drone strikes, the scale and frequency of attacks in the Gulf were decreasing.

But “the problem is that it doesn’t take too many attacks to close or disrupt airspace,” Basravi said.

“So even if Iran is able to maintain a low level of aggression, it will continue to be a problem for the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries caught up in this conflict.”