Saudi Ministry of Defence says 5 drones intercepted
- Last updated: March 15, 2026 | 11:12 ..
A plume of smoke rises after a reported Iranian strike on fuel tanks in Muharraq. File/AFP
Spokesperson of the Saudi Ministry of Defence Major General Turki Al-Maliki stated that five drones were intercepted and destroyed in Riyadh and Eastern regions.
Bahrain and Saudi Arabia warned people that they were working to intercept incoming projectiles, a day after Iran called for the port evacuations, threatening for the first time a neighbouring country's non-US assets.
Iranian strikes have killed at least a dozen civilians in Gulf states, most of them migrant workers. At least 13 members of the US military have been killed since the war began, including seven in combat and six who died in a plane crash over Iraq last week.
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