A plume of smoke rises over buildings in Doha on March 5, 2026. A number of rounds of explosions echoed over Doha on March 5 simply hours after officers stated they had been evacuating residents dwelling close to the US embassy. Gulf international locations have been focused by repeated waves of Iranian drone and missile assaults in retaliation for the large US-Israeli air marketing campaign. (Photograph by Mahmud Hams / AFP)
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Qatari authorities have arrested greater than 300 individuals for sharing pictures and what they described as “deceptive info” throughout days of assaults by Iran, the inside ministry stated on Monday (March 9, 2026).
The arrests echo measures throughout the Gulf as Iran targets airports, army bases, power installations and residential areas with day by day drones and missiles.
Israel-Iran conflict updates on March 9, 2026
These arrested “filmed and circulated video clips and printed deceptive info and rumours that might stir public opinion”, a press release stated.
The individuals of “numerous nationalities” had been held by the Division for Combating Financial and Cyber Crimes on the Ministry’s Common Directorate of Legal Investigations.
The announcement follows a spate of arrests elsewhere within the area.
In Bahrain, 4 individuals had been arrested for “filming and broadcasting clips in regards to the results of Iranian assaults and spreading false information”, the inside ministry stated on Friday.
And in Kuwait, authorities on Saturday stated three individuals had been arrested over a video displaying them mocking the scenario within the nation.
Residents within the United Arab Emirates have obtained textual content messages warning of attainable authorized motion for sharing delicate pictures or “reposting unreliable info”.
The UAE lawyer normal’s workplace additionally warned in opposition to “filming, publishing, or circulating pictures and movies documenting incident websites or injury brought on by falling projectiles or shrapnel”, the Emirates Information Company stated.
Saudi Arabia has issued related warnings.
Regardless of the warnings, pictures of missiles, drones and the fallout of the conflict proceed to flow into on social media and in group chats.
Revealed – March 09, 2026 10:23 pm IST