Explosions continue in region
Explosions have continued to ring out in nearby oil-producing Gulf Arab countries, which say they had intercepted missiles from Iran, according to Reuters.
Tehran previously warned it would strike the region if it was attacked.
Loud booms sounded in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi, an oil producer and U.S. ally. Fighter jets flew around the Yas Island area of Abu Dhabi on Saturday afternoon and blasts were heard in the country’s business capital Dubai, Reuters reports.
Bahrain, meanwhile, says the service centre of the U.S. Fifth Fleet had been subjected to a missile attack. Video footage from witnesses in Bahrain showed a thick grey plume of smoke rising from near the small island state’s coastline as sirens wailed.
Fellow Gulf Arab state Qatar said it had downed all missiles targeting the country and that it had a right to respond. Sirens were later heard in its capital Doha.
Iran’s foreign minister told counterparts from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Iraq that Tehran would use all its defensive and military capabilities to defend itself.
