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Critical infrastructure crossed the Gulf came nether onslaught from Iran connected Sunday (April 5, 2026), with harm reported astatine civilian facilities successful the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait.
Also read: West Asia warfare updates connected April 5, 2026
Gulf countries person faced repeated drone and rocket salvos from Iran successful effect to U.S. and Israeli strikes connected the Islamic republic that began astatine the extremity of February.
Iran has targeted vigor and different concern infrastructure successful the oil-rich Gulf nations, accusing its neighbours of allowing U.S. forces to transportation retired attacks from their territory. The Gulf states person vehemently denied the accusations.
Attacks by Iranian drones connected Sunday (April 5, 2026) resulted successful “severe” harm to Kuwaiti lipid and petrochemical facilities, the authorities petroleum institution said.
The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said a fig of facilities of its subsidiary Petrochemical Industries Company were targeted successful the onslaught which “resulted successful the outbreak of fires astatine respective of these facilities and caused terrible worldly damage”.
Earlier, Kuwait’s Electricity and Water Ministry said 2 powerfulness and h2o desalination plants were damaged by a drone onslaught from Iran, causing “significant worldly harm and the shutdown of 2 electricity-generating units”.
In Kuwait City, the Finance Ministry said an Iranian drone onslaught caused “extensive” harm to a authorities building, but “no quality casualties were recorded”. Earlier, authorities successful Abu Dhabi said they were battling fires astatine a petrochemical works successful Ruwais Industrial City connected the UAE’s northwest coast.
“Operations astatine the installation person been instantly suspended portion harm is assessed. No injuries person been reported,” the Gulf emirate’s media bureau said aft the UAE’s Defence Ministry earlier said it was responding to rocket and drone attacks.
Bahrain’s Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company said a occurrence astatine its operating units aft an Iranian drone onslaught was brought nether control. No injuries were reported.
