The UAE mentioned on Sunday it was closing its Embassy in Tehran and recalling the Emirati Ambassador after Iran’s retaliatory missile and drone marketing campaign within the Gulf killed 4 folks and wounded dozens extra.
The transfer marks the strongest condemnation but by a Gulf state since Tehran started concentrating on the area with a barrage of strikes after the U.S. and Israel launched a large air marketing campaign towards Iran that killed its supreme chief and different high officers.
Iran-Israel battle updates on March 1, 2026
“These hostile assaults towards civilian websites, together with residential areas, airports, ports, and repair amenities, endangered harmless civilians in a critical and irresponsible escalation,” the UAE Overseas Ministry mentioned in an announcement.
The UAE totally reopened its embassy and despatched a brand new ambassador to Tehran in 2022 throughout a thaw in relations between the Emirates and the Islamic republic. Saudi Arabia later adopted go well with.
Iran’s continued and unprecedented Gulf bombardment has raised fears of a wider battle and rattled a area lengthy seen as a haven of peace and safety within the turbulent West Asia.
For a second day, AFP correspondents heard repeated, highly effective blasts in Dubai, Doha and Manama, with explosions additionally heard in Riyadh, as Iran launched counterstrikes following US and Israeli assaults.
Tehran additionally appeared to focus on on Sunday (March 1, 2026) a constructing advanced within the UAE capital Abu Dhabi housing a number of international missions, together with the Israeli embassy.
Two folks have been injured by particles throughout the incident at Etihad Towers.
Three folks — Pakistani, Nepalese and Bangladeshi nationals — have been killed within the UAE since Saturday, in accordance with Abu Dhabi’s Defence Ministry.
Since Saturday (February 28, 2026) the UAE detected 165 ballistic missiles, destroying 152, and intercepted two cruise missiles, the ministry mentioned.
It added that 506 of 541 Iranian drones have been shot down.
The Kuwaiti Well being Ministry mentioned one individual had been killed and 32 others injured since Saturday.
In Oman, which helped mediate U.S.-Iran talks and was the one Gulf state spared on the primary day of the Iranian marketing campaign, the port of Duqm was focused by two drones, the Oman Information Company mentioned.
Later Sunday, Oman’s Overseas Minister Badr Albusaidi pushed for a ceasefire on a name together with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi.
Mr. Albusaidi “affirmed the Sultanate of Oman’s continued name for a ceasefire and a return to dialogue… in a fashion that achieves the authentic calls for of all events,” his Ministry mentioned in a readout of the decision.
Lodges change into targets
Earlier, Oman mentioned an oil tanker was focused off the coast. Its crew was evacuated and 4 of them have been injured, the information company reported.
The Gulf Cooperation Council was to convene by way of video-link later Sunday (March 1, 2026) for a unified response to Iran’s assaults.
Jordan, which has additionally been intercepting missiles and drones over the previous two days, mentioned 5 folks have been injured and a variety of properties broken throughout the dominion for the reason that begin of Iran’s reprisals.
Throughout the Gulf, civilian infrastructure has been hit: from airports and seaports to residential buildings and motels.
Safety analyst Anna Jacobs mentioned: “The Gulf nations proper now are actually on the entrance traces of this brutal conflict.”
“Gulf nations, as all the time, wish to help de-escalation and diplomacy… However this dedication and these ideas are being put to the take a look at proper now,” she added.
“If Iran continues to hit these nations and escalates much more, will probably be very troublesome for them to simply sit and do nothing.”
Early Sunday (March 1, 2026), drones struck the airport in Bahrain’s capital Manama, inflicting minor harm, authorities mentioned.
The U.S. Embassy in Manama urged residents to keep away from motels in Manama, warning they may change into potential targets after the Crowne Plaza was hit.
Palm, Burj Al Arab
Within the UAE, which has borne the brunt of the assaults, two folks have been injured when particles from intercepted drones fell on properties in Dubai, authorities mentioned.
On Saturday (February 28, 2026), the Iranian assaults sparked fires at landmarks similar to The Palm seafront growth and Burj Al Arab lodge.
On the airport in Abu Dhabi, a minimum of one individual was killed and 7 wounded throughout what authorities referred to as an “incident” and one other died earlier within the day from falling particles.
Dubai airport, the world’s busiest for worldwide site visitors, and Kuwait’s airport, have been additionally hit.
In Saudi Arabia, Iranian missiles concentrating on Riyadh’s worldwide airport and the Prince Sultan Airbase, which homes US navy personnel, have been intercepted, a Gulf supply briefed on the matter informed AFP.
A witness close to the airport mentioned they “noticed and heard the air defence intercept the missile within the sky”.
In Qatar, host of the area’s largest US navy base, officers mentioned Iran had launched 65 missiles and 12 drones in direction of the Gulf state, most of which have been intercepted, however eight folks have been injured, with one in essential situation.
The oil-and-gas-rich Arab monarchies host a clutch of U.S. navy bases.
Revealed – March 02, 2026 02:15 am IST