Saudi Arabia announced that it intercepted multiple Iranian drones after Tehran threatened to widen its campaign in the war with the U.S. and Israel.
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defense said it destroyed the seven Iranian drones it intercepted in the Riyadh and Eastern regions.
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates warned residents on Sunday that they were working to intercept incoming projectiles, a day after Iran called for the evacuations of three major UAE ports, threatening for the first time a neighboring country’s non-U.S. assets.
Iran had earlier accused the U.S. of using “ports, docks and hideouts” in the UAE to launch strikes on Kharg Island, home to the main terminal handling Iran’s oil exports, without providing evidence for the claim. The UAE and other Gulf countries that host U.S. bases have denied allowing their land or airspace to be used for military operations against Iran.
Iranian strikes have killed at least a dozen civilians in the Gulf states.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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