Arab states in the Persian Gulf tried to prevent a US-Israeli strike on Iran. The regime has fired more than 400 ballistic missiles and almost 1,000 drones at Arab states along the Persian Gulf since Khamenei’s killing, according to regional governments. Urban centers, energy infrastructure, airports and hotels across the gulf’s Arab states were hit, shaking populations long used to their relatively security. Experts say mobile launchers designed to look like civilian trucks can easily launch cheaply produced drones and short-range ballistic missiles. Gulf Arab states are in a “very difficult place, to put it mildly,” Maksad said.

Source: Egypt Independent March 03, 2026 11:39 UTC