Tehran,Mar 14: Iran has been attacking oil and other infrastructure around the Gulf region, and on Friday Saudi Arabia that it had downed nearly 50 drones sent in multiple waves.
In Oman, two people were killed when two drones crashed in an industrial area in the region of Sohar, the Oman News Agency reported.
Sirens also sounded in Bahrain warning of incoming fire, and black smoke billowed from an industrial area in the business and tourism hub of Dubai, after a blaze that authorities said was sparked by debris from an interception.
A building at the Dubai International Financial Centre also sustained damage when hit with debris from what authorities described as a “successful interception.” DIFC is an economic free zone for banks, capital traders and wealth managers, home to exclusive restaurants and nightclubs.
Iran said earlier this week that it would target banks and financial institutions, after an airstrike hit a bank in Tehran.
In Turkey, NATO defences intercepted another ballistic missile fired from Iran, the third time since the war began. Residents in the southern city of Adana reported hearing a loud explosion and sirens sounding at Incirlik Air Base, which is used by US forces, in the early hours of the day.
Fighting escalates between Israel and Hezbollah
Nearly 60 people were wounded in northern Israel after the Lebanon’s Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah said that it had fired several rocket salvos toward the area and at Israeli troops in southern Lebanon. Almost all the injuries were described as very minor.
One person was killed in southwestern Beirut in an Israeli strike, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry, and another attack hit an apartment in the capital, leaving it engulfed in flames. The Israeli military said it had targeted a Hezbollah member.
In eastern Lebanon, a strike on an apartment wounded a local official with the Lebanese branch of the Muslim Brotherhood and killed his two sons, the state-run National News Agency reported. For the past two years, Israel has targeted officials with the group.
More than 600 people have been killed in Lebanon since the fighting began, the Health Ministry has reported. and nearly 8,00,000 have been internally displaced, according to the UN refugee agency.
Iranian authorities say that more than 1,300 people have been killed there, and Israel has reported 12 deaths. The US has lost at least 11 soldiers, while another eight have suffered severe injuries.