A steeplejack assesses the damage after a building was hit by a reported drone strike in Dubai's Creek Harbour on March 12, 2026. AFP
On Thursday morning, Bahrain told residents to stay inside and close windows after an Iranian attack on fuel tanks in Muharraq, while Saudi Arabia said it intercepted drones headed towards the Shaybah oil field and the embassies district.
Earlier, drones struck fuel tanks at Oman's Salalah port, where operations were subsequently suspended.
In UAE, a drone fell near Dubai's financial district on Thursday, an AFP journalist saw, a day after some companies evacuated the area following threats from Iran against economic targets linked to the US and Israel.
On Wednesday, US banking giant Citi, consultancies Deloitte and PwC, as well as other firms closed their offices or told employees to leave, mainly in Dubai's financial district, sources told AFP.
It followed threats from Tehran in the wake of a reported US-Israeli attack on a bank in Iran.
Authorities in the city said a drone attack in the Al Bada'a area caused falling debris to hit the facade of a building on Sheikh Zayed Road -- a key thoroughfare that runs close to Dubai's International Financial Centre.
Both incidents caused no casualties, Dubai government's Media Office said in the statements on X.
Further north in Kuwait, drone strikes caused damage at the international airport, civil aviation authorities said, but there were no casualties.
The facility has come under fire several times since Iran began its bombing campaign.
The Gulf has borne the brunt of Iran's attacks since the Middle East war began, with 24 people killed in the region including seven US service members and 11 civilians.
*This story was edited by Ahram Online.
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