On Sunday, dramatic footage emerged on social media capturing the Public Institution for Social Security building in Kuwait City engulfed in flames.
The Kuwaiti military announced on platform X that debris from “a wave of hostile drones” had inflicted damage on civilian infrastructure. The General Organisation for Social Insurance confirmed that its main building was among those targeted.
Meanwhile, in Lebanon, fresh Israeli airstrikes have increased the death toll to over 300. This escalation follows Israel’s directive for mass evacuations as part of an offensive to dismantle Iran-backed forces in the region.
In Bahrain, prior to the strike, the United Arab Emirates reported on Sunday that debris from an aerial interception landed on a vehicle, resulting in the driver’s death.
Since the conflict’s onset, four foreigners have lost their lives in the UAE.
The UAE’s military responded to a drone assault, prompting officials to advise residents to remain indoors on Sunday morning (AEDT Sunday evening).
Saudi Arabia said it destroyed a drone headed toward its vast Shaybah oil field on Sunday and shot down four drones over the capital, Riyadh, including one aimed at the diplomatic quarter. Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said that missile fragments fell onto a road in Manama, injuring one person and causing damage to several shops.
Pezeshkian again struck a conciliatory tone on Sunday, calling Iran’s neighbours friends and brothers while accusing the US and Israel of using “manipulation” to sow discord between them in remarks aired on state television.
“We will not bow our heads to bullying, injustice or intrusion,” he said.
Pezeshkian and other Iranian leaders have underlined the limited powers exercised by the theocracy’s leaders over the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which controls ballistic missiles used to target Israel and other countries.
It answered only to Khamenei and appears to be picking its own targets. The president is one of three members of a leadership council that has overseen Iran since Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the war’s opening airstrikes.
Israel and the United States launched the war on February 28, saying they were targeting Iran’s nuclear and missile programs and suggesting they sought to topple the government.
The conflict has since spread across the region, rattling global markets, disrupting air travel and leaving Iran’s leadership weakened by hundreds of Israeli and American airstrikes.
– Reported with Reuters, Associated Press and CNN
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