{"id":202539,"date":"2026-03-06T01:59:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T01:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/drones-strike-us-base-in-iraq-doha-explosions-as-iran-hits-region-in-war-al-jazeera\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T01:59:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T01:59:19","slug":"drones-strike-us-base-in-iraq-doha-explosions-as-iran-hits-region-in-war-al-jazeera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/drones-strike-us-base-in-iraq-doha-explosions-as-iran-hits-region-in-war-al-jazeera\/","title":{"rendered":"Drones strike US base in Iraq, Doha explosions, as Iran hits region in war – Al Jazeera"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iran continues to strike US assets in the region as Gulf Arab states report explosions, downing of drones in response to US-Israel prosecuted war.<\/em>
Several loud explosions heard across the Qatari capital Doha on Thursday
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Iraqi forces have shot down a drone that attempted to attack a United States military base near Baghdad International Airport, local media have reported, as Iran continues to strike US assets in Arab countries, with the region plunging deeper into war after six days.
The drone attempted to target Victoria airbase overnight on Wednesday and was intercepted before it reached its target, according to the reports.
Videos that emerged early on Thursday showed a drone crash in the Al-Bu\u2019aitha area of Baghdad in the presence of security personnel.
In a separate incident later on Thursday, a boat struck an oil tanker flying the flag of the Bahamas in the Iraqi port of Khor al-Zubair, causing damage and an oil spill, an Iraqi security source told Al Jazeera.
Later on Thursday night, Bahrain said an Iranian missile hit a state-run oil refinery. It said the fire was extinguished and the refinery was still working. There were no reports of casualties.
The attacks occurred as tensions in the Middle East soared due to the ongoing conflict<\/a> set off by the US and Israel launching a war on Iran.
Qatar\u2019s defence ministry said on Thursday that the country was targeted by several attacks including 14 ballistic missiles and four drones coming from Iran.
Thirteen missiles were intercepted and one fell in Qatar\u2019s territorial waters, it said in a statement. All drones were intercepted and no casualties were reported.
As multiple explosions were heard in the skies above Doha, authorities in Qatar sent out an \u201celevated\u201d emergency alert to residents.
The country\u2019s interior ministry ordered the evacuation of residents living near the US Embassy in Doha as a precautionary measure.
Al Jazeera\u2019s Zein Basravi, reporting from the Qatari capital, said the US Embassy compound occupies a \u201cvery large area\u201d that is located \u201cin the heart of the city\u201d.
Basravi added that the US embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and the US consulate in Dubai, were all targeted by drones this week.
In the United Arab Emirates, six people were injured by falling debris from drones that were intercepted by air defence systems over Abu Dhabi, the emirate\u2019s media office said.
In a post on X, the office said authorities had responded to debris falling in two locations in the Industrial City (ICAD II) district. The affected individuals, who were nationals of Pakistan and Nepal, received minor to moderate injuries from the debris.
New explosions were also heard in Bahrain. The Bahrain Defence Force said it destroyed 75 missiles and 123 drones \u201ctargeting the Kingdom since the start of the brutal Iranian aggression\u201d, in a post on its Instagram account.
The reverberating violence has spread across the region, with attacks also reported in Saudi Arabia, Oman and Kuwait.
The Saudi Ministry of Defence said the latest drone sent into its territory was shot down near the al-Jawf region, in the north of the country. This came after the ministry announced intercepting three drones east of al-Kharj governorate.
Oman\u2019s Oil Marketing Company said one of its storage tanks was damaged in an \u201cincident\u201d, which preliminary assessments said was only minor. The company said operations at the affected site were taken offline, according to the Reuters news agency.
Oman\u2019s Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi called for an end to the war in a post on X. \u201cOman reaffirms its call for an immediate ceasefire and a return to responsible regional diplomacy,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThere are off ramps available. Let\u2019s use them.\u201d
Kuwait\u2019s Ministry of Interior said an explosion on board an oil tanker occurred outside its territorial waters, more than 60km (37 miles) from the Mubarak al-Kabeer port.
It said all crew were safe, but that the vessel had taken on water and that an oil spill could potentially cause \u2060environmental damage.
On Wednesday, Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it fired 230 drones<\/a> at several facilities hosting US troops in the Middle East, including a base in Erbil in northern Iraq and the Ali Al Salem airbase and Camp Arifjan in Kuwait.
The IRGC said the attacks were among its \u201cfirst powerful steps\u201d in the war, despite Iran having\u00a0attacked Gulf Arab states for days<\/a> since Israel and the US launched their coordinated offensive on Saturday.
President Masoud Pezeshkian directly addressed Iran\u2019s neighbouring countries on Wednesday, saying Iran sought to avert war through diplomacy, but US-Israel attacks left it \u201cwith no choice\u201d but to retaliate.
\u201cWe respect your sovereignty,\u201d the president said in two separate posts in Arabic and Persian on X.
Iran believes security in the region must be achieved through a collective effort, he added.
As Iran\u2019s retaliatory attacks continued, so has the Israeli-US assault on Iran.
In the face of the continued war, Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei warned that European Union countries will \u201cpay the price, sooner \u2060or later\u201d if \u2060they remain silent over the joint attacks on Iran. Baghaei made the comments to Spanish broadcaster TVE.
There was little to indicate at this stage, however, that European assets will be targeted in the same manner as US and Arab ones have.<\/p>\n

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