The US-Israel-Iran war · theatre

The Gulf states

119 events recorded; the latest on 26 October 2026.

Countries: Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman
What is included: Included when an official body of the affected state or two independent origins link the incident to the war.

Reported

10/26 Egypt's parliament authorises Sisi to send military support to Saudi Arabia if Riyadh asks

Cairo · 2 sources

Reported

10/25 Saudi Arabia intercepts a barrage of missiles and drones, with debris falling in Mecca province; two injured in the south

Mecca Province · 3 sources

Confirmed

10/23 UAE confirms an oil spill from a damaged supertanker off Umm Al Quwain and closes beaches; experts link it to the Gem No.2

Umm Al Quwain · 3 sources

Reported

10/21 Debris from a drone intercepted near Aramco's Shaybah field kills a Filipino and a Nepali worker

Shaybah oilfield · 2 sources

Reported

10/21 Attack on Dammam's King Fahd airport kills two, a Saudi and an Indian resident, and injures eight

King Fahd International Airport · 2 sources

Reported

10/20 UK says RAF Typhoons will fly defensive missions to protect Saudi cities from Houthi attacks

Saudi Arabia · 2 sources

Reported

10/18 Tug struck by two projectiles northeast of the UAE's Khor Fakkan; one minor injury

Gulf of Oman off Khor Fakkan · 1 source

Reported

10/18 Saudi National Guard helicopter crashes near Najran killing both officers; coalition blames a malfunction, the Houthis claim a shootdown

Najran · 2 sources

Reported

10/17 Egypt's Sisi asks parliament for authority to send defensive help to Saudi Arabia if asked

Cairo · 2 sources

Reported

10/16 Two tanker attacks reported northeast of Saudi Arabia's Jubail, one by projectile and one by a grenade from a small boat; crew safe

Persian Gulf off Jubail · 1 source

Reported

10/14 Coalition says it destroyed a Houthi ballistic missile fired at Riyadh; civil defence issues alerts for Riyadh and Al-Kharj

Riyadh · 2 sources

Reported

10/13 Missile strike sets fire to an Aramco administrative building in Dhahran with no casualties; debris injures four in Riyadh

Dhahran · 3 sources

Reported

10/12 Coalition says it intercepted a Houthi missile fired at Riyadh and two at Khamis Mushait as Riyadh is targeted for a third day

Riyadh · 1 source

Reported

10/12 Australia and New Zealand join the US, UK, Canada, South Korea and Japan in warning against travel to Saudi Arabia after airport attacks

Saudi Arabia · 2 sources

Reported

10/11 Projectile hits domestic terminals at Riyadh airport, killing a Pakistani resident and injuring 11; Dammam airport also attacked

King Khalid International Airport · 3 sources

Reported

10/10 Strike on Riyadh's King Khalid airport kills at least 12 and wounds 309, Saudi aviation authority says

King Khalid International Airport · 3 sources

Confirmed

10/09 Vessel struck by a projectile and set on fire 13 nautical miles off the UAE; the IRGC says it hit an LPG carrier on an "illegal route"

Off Jazirat al Hamra · 3 sources

Reported

10/08 Missile attacks on Riyadh's King Khalid airport kill three Saudis including a Saudia pilot, aviation authority says

King Khalid International Airport · 3 sources

Reported

10/07 Attacks on Abha and Riyadh airports kill three foreign residents and injure 36, Saudi aviation authority says

Abha · 1 source

Confirmed

10/07 Tanker Acers struck by multiple projectiles 51 nautical miles north of Qatar, with casualties reported

Persian Gulf north of Qatar · 2 sources

Reported

10/05 Attacks on Jazan and Najran airports injure three, Saudi aviation authority says; the Houthis say they hit sites in southern Saudi Arabia

Jazan · 1 source

Reported

10/05 Turkey and Pakistan agree to deploy forces to Saudi Arabia under the Makkah defence pact as Houthi attacks continue

Riyadh · 1 source

Disputed

10/03 Flames seen at an Aramco facility south of Riyadh after the Houthis claim a missile and drone attack; coalition calls the claims misleading

Riyadh · 3 sources

Reported

10/01 Saudi-led coalition says it downed Houthi drones and missiles over southern Saudi Arabia and blames Houthis for a Medina power hit

Khamis Mushait · 2 sources

Reported

09/30 EU aviation agency issues an advisory on Saudi airspace after Houthi attacks and tells airlines to avoid Jordanian airspace

Saudi Arabia · 1 source

Reported

09/26 Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted two Houthi drones launched at Riyadh; alerts sounded in Khamis Mushait and Abha

Riyadh · 1 source

Confirmed

09/24 Saudi-led coalition says it shot down six Houthi ballistic missiles fired at Taif and Yanbu

Yanbu · 2 sources

Confirmed

09/21 UK says the RAF will refuel Saudi aircraft for a few weeks to help counter Houthi attacks

Saudi Arabia · 1 source

Confirmed

09/19 Explosions heard in Riyadh in the first air raid alert for the capital; coalition says a Houthi ballistic missile was intercepted

Riyadh · 4 sources

Reported

09/17 One killed and two injured as a drone is intercepted over Taif, Saudi state TV says

Taif · 1 source

Reported

09/16 Houthis claim attacks on a Khamis Mushait air base and Aramco sites at Yanbu, and say they downed a Saudi F-15

Yanbu · 3 sources

Disputed

09/16 Saudi-led coalition says it downed a Houthi drone heading for Mecca; the Houthis deny launching it

Mecca · 3 sources

Confirmed

09/10 Drones from Iraq strike Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline in the Riyadh and Medina regions; Riyadh shuts the line as a precaution

Riyadh Province · 7 sources

Disputed

08/31 Iran's army says it sent drones at US forces at the UAE's Al Minhad air base; UAE says it dealt with a drone from Iran

Al Minhad Air Base · 2 sources

Confirmed

08/18 UAE suspends all trade, exchanges and financial transactions with Iran until further notice

United Arab Emirates · 1 source

Disputed

08/18 UAE says it detected two ballistic missiles launched from Iran; Iran denies firing them

United Arab Emirates · 3 sources

Reported

08/01 Kuwait says it downed Iranian drones; a northern government site and company vehicles on Bubiyan Island were hit

Bubiyan Island · 2 sources

Reported

07/30 Worker killed in an Iranian attack on a Chinese company building in northern Kuwait, Kuwait says

Northern Kuwait · 2 sources

Disputed

07/29 Drone strikes the US-owned Energos Winter at Egypt's Damietta port; fire spreads to a second LNG ship

Damietta port · 3 sources

Disputed

07/27 Saudi Arabia intercepts drones aimed at Eastern Province oil sites and Riyadh, blaming Iran-backed groups in Iraq

Eastern Province · 3 sources

Reported

07/19 Iranian drones and missiles hit a second Kuwaiti water and power plant; Bahrain and Jordan report interceptions

Kuwait · 3 sources

Reported

07/18 Iranian attacks hit two Kuwaiti power and desalination plants, wounding firefighters; Jordan intercepts 10 missiles

Kuwait · 3 sources

Reported

07/17 Iranian attack sets fire to a Kuwaiti power and desalination plant; Kuwait says 32 drones targeted vital facilities

Kuwait · 3 sources

Reported

07/17 Qatar intercepts Iranian missiles over Doha; a child is hurt by falling shrapnel

Doha · 3 sources

Confirmed

07/12 Iran fires missiles and drones at Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and the UAE; three hurt in Qatar

Qatar · 3 sources

Reported

06/28 Qatar says a citizen at sea was killed by shrapnel from military operations in the area

Qatar · 1 source

Reported

06/05 Iran fires seven ballistic missiles toward Kuwait and Bahrain; CENTCOM says six were intercepted

Bahrain · 3 sources

Confirmed

06/05 Oman suspends crude loading at Mina al-Fahal after an explosion near the mooring berths, Reuters reports

Mina al-Fahal terminal · 3 sources

Confirmed

06/03 Drones hit Kuwait International Airport terminal, killing one and wounding 63, Kuwait says

Kuwait International Airport · 2 sources

Reported

06/02 Iran fires ballistic missiles at Kuwait and Bahrain; CENTCOM says all were stopped or fell short

Kuwait · 3 sources

Reported

06/01 IRGC says it struck a base used for a US attack on Sirik; Kuwait intercepts missiles and drones

Kuwait · 3 sources

Reported

05/21 Jordan says it shot down a drone of unknown origin over Jerash governorate

Jerash Governorate · 1 source

Reported

05/18 Saudi Arabia intercepts three drones that entered from Iraqi airspace; UAE says it dealt with two more drones

Saudi Arabia · 1 source

Reported

05/17 Drone strike starts fire at a generator outside the inner perimeter of the UAE's Barakah nuclear plant; no radiation release

Barakah nuclear power plant · 4 sources

Reported

05/13 Netanyahu's office says he secretly visited the UAE during the war; the UAE calls the reports baseless

United Arab Emirates · 1 source

Reported

05/12 Kuwait says it arrested four men accused of IRGC membership who landed on Bubiyan Island

Bubiyan Island · 1 source

Reported

05/11 Report says the UAE secretly struck Iran during the war, including a refinery on Lavan Island

Lavan Island · 1 source

Reported

05/10 Drone hits cargo ship off Qatar; Kuwait and UAE say they repelled drones

Mesaieed · 2 sources

Reported

05/09 Bahrain says it arrested 41 people linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards

Bahrain · 2 sources

Reported

05/08 UAE says air defences engaged two ballistic missiles and three drones from Iran; three wounded

United Arab Emirates · 2 sources

Reported

05/05 UAE reports Iranian missile and drone attacks for a second day; IRGC denies

United Arab Emirates · 2 sources

Reported

05/04 Strike on residential building in Oman's Bukha injures two foreign workers

Bukha · 1 source

Reported

05/04 Drone sets fire at Fujairah oil zone and injures three Indian workers as UAE reports Iranian missile and drone fire

Fujairah · 2 sources

Reported

04/30 UAE bans its citizens from travelling to Iran, Lebanon and Iraq and tells those there to leave

United Arab Emirates · 1 source

Reported

04/24 Two drones from Iraq damage Kuwaiti northern border posts, Kuwait's defence ministry says

Northern Kuwait border · 1 source

Reported

04/21 IRGC general warns Gulf neighbours hosting attacks to 'say goodbye to oil production' if war resumes

Persian Gulf · 1 source

Reported

04/20 UAE says it arrested 27 members of a secret organisation linked to Iran's Velayat-e Faqih doctrine

United Arab Emirates · 1 source

Reported

04/13 Bahrain summons Iraq's envoy over drone attacks launched from Iraq at Gulf states

Manama · 1 source

Reported

04/09 Drones hit a Kuwait National Guard site and other facilities; Kuwait blames Iran, the IRGC denies it

Kuwait · 2 sources

Reported

04/08 UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia report Iranian missile and drone attacks after the truce

Kuwait · 1 source

Reported

04/07 Overnight attack sets fire at SABIC petrochemical plants in Jubail, Saudi Arabia

Jubail · 1 source

Reported

04/05 Drone sets fire at Kuwait's Shuwaikh oil complex; two power and desalination plants damaged

Shuwaikh · 2 sources

Reported

04/03 Interception debris kills one worker at Abu Dhabi's Habshan gas facilities; 12 hurt by debris in Ajban

Habshan · 2 sources

Reported

04/03 Drones set fires at Kuwait's Mina al-Ahmadi refinery; a power and desalination plant is also hit

Mina al-Ahmadi refinery · 2 sources

Disputed

04/02 IRGC says it attacked an Amazon cloud centre in Bahrain; Dubai denies reported strike on an Oracle site

Bahrain · 2 sources

Reported

04/01 Drones hit fuel tanks at Kuwait International Airport, starting a large fire

Kuwait International Airport · 2 sources

Reported

04/01 UAE intercepts 5 ballistic missiles and 35 drones; tanker hit by two projectiles north of Ras Laffan

United Arab Emirates · 1 source

Reported

03/31 Loaded Kuwaiti tanker Al-Salmi set on fire by drone at anchor off Dubai; four hurt by interception debris in Dubai

Dubai · 2 sources

Disputed

03/30 Attack on Kuwait power and desalination plant kills an Indian worker; Iran blames Israel

Kuwait · 2 sources

Reported

03/29 Kuwait detects 14 missiles and 12 drones; drones hit a military camp, injuring 10 servicemen

Kuwait · 1 source

Reported

03/28 Iranian attacks hit Emirates Global Aluminium in Abu Dhabi and Aluminium Bahrain, wounding eight workers

Abu Dhabi · 1 source

Reported

03/27 Drone attack damages Kuwait's Shuwaikh port; one killed in Tel Aviv by Iranian missile

Shuwaikh port · 2 sources

Reported

03/25 Drone hits fuel tank at Kuwait International Airport; Saudi Arabia reports attacks on Ras Tanura, Ghawar and Abqaiq

Kuwait International Airport · 1 source

Reported

03/21 Saudi Arabia says it shot down at least 47 drones over its Eastern Province, 38 within three hours

Eastern Province · 1 source

Reported

03/20 Iranian drones hit Kuwait's Mina al-Ahmadi refinery, starting a fire

Mina al-Ahmadi refinery · 1 source

Reported

03/19 Kuwait says it foiled a planned attack on critical infrastructure and arrested a 10-member cell

Kuwait · 1 source

Reported

03/19 QatarEnergy says Iranian strikes knocked out 17 percent of Qatar's LNG export capacity for up to five years

Ras Laffan Industrial City · 2 sources

Confirmed

03/18 Iranian missiles hit Qatar's Ras Laffan LNG hub; QatarEnergy reports extensive damage

Ras Laffan Industrial City · 2 sources

Disputed

03/17 Kuwait arrests 16 people it accuses of a Hezbollah-linked sabotage plot

Kuwait · 2 sources

Reported

03/17 Drone attack sets fire in Fujairah oil industry zone, emirate says

Fujairah · 2 sources

Reported

03/17 Qatar says it destroyed 13 of 14 ballistic missiles from Iran; debris kills a Pakistani man in Abu Dhabi

Qatar · 2 sources

Reported

03/16 Missile hits a car in Abu Dhabi, killing a Palestinian resident

Abu Dhabi · 1 source

Reported

03/16 Saudi Arabia says it intercepted 37 drones over its Eastern Province

Eastern Province · 1 source

Reported

03/16 Drone incident sets fuel tank alight near Dubai International Airport; flights briefly suspended

Dubai · 2 sources

Reported

03/15 UAE reports new missile attack as Tehran accuses it of hosting US strikes

United Arab Emirates · 1 source

Reported

03/14 Iran tells people to leave areas around three UAE ports, saying the US used them to strike Kharg

United Arab Emirates · 3 sources

Confirmed

03/14 Drone debris sparks fire at Fujairah oil zone; some oil loading suspended

Port of Fujairah · 2 sources

Reported

03/14 Drones damage Kuwait airport radar; missiles strike edge of Ahmad al-Jaber air base

Kuwait International Airport · 2 sources

Reported

03/13 Drone crash in Oman's Sohar industrial area kills two foreign workers

Sohar · 2 sources

Reported

03/12 Iranian attack sets oil tanks ablaze near Bahrain International Airport

Muharraq · 2 sources

Reported

03/11 Drones strike fuel tanks at Oman's Salalah port; Iran denies a role

Port of Salalah · 1 source

Confirmed

03/10 Drone strike starts fire in Abu Dhabi industrial complex; ADNOC halts Ruwais refinery

Ruwais refinery · 2 sources

Reported

03/10 Woman killed and eight injured when residential building in Manama is hit

Manama · 1 source

Reported

03/09 US orders non-emergency staff and families to leave Saudi Arabia

Riyadh · 1 source

Reported

03/09 Drone strike in Bahrain's Sitra area injures 32; Bapco declares force majeure

Sitra · 2 sources

Reported

03/09 Iranian strikes continue on Gulf energy sites; Saudi Arabia intercepts drones aimed at Shaybah oilfield

Shaybah · 1 source

Reported

03/08 Projectile kills two foreign workers and injures 12 in Saudi Arabia's Al-Kharj

Al-Kharj · 3 sources

Reported

03/08 Two Kuwaiti border guards killed; drones hit Kuwait airport fuel tanks and a Bahrain desalination plant

Kuwait · 2 sources

Reported

03/07 Iran's president apologises to neighbours and says they will not be targeted unless attacks come from them

Tehran · 3 sources

Reported

03/05 Iranian missile hits Bahrain state refinery; US commander says Iran fired drones at civilian areas

Sitra · 1 source

Confirmed

03/04 US authorises non-emergency staff to leave Saudi Arabia and the UAE

Riyadh · 2 sources

Reported

03/04 Girl, 11, killed by falling shrapnel in Kuwait

Kuwait City · 2 sources

Reported

03/04 Projectile reported to hit Ras Tanura refinery again

Ras Tanura · 1 source

Reported

03/03 Two drones hit the US embassy in Riyadh, causing a limited fire

US Embassy Riyadh · 2 sources

Confirmed

03/03 US orders non-emergency staff out of six Gulf and regional posts and urges citizens to leave

Kuwait City · 2 sources

Confirmed

03/02 QatarEnergy halts LNG production after attacks on Ras Laffan and Mesaieed

Ras Laffan Industrial City · 3 sources

Confirmed

03/02 Saudi Arabia shuts Ras Tanura refinery after fire

Ras Tanura · 3 sources

Reported

03/01 Kuwait says one killed and 32 injured in Iranian attacks

Kuwait · 2 sources

Reported

02/28 One killed and seven injured at Abu Dhabi airport during Iranian attacks

Abu Dhabi · 2 sources