अवलोकन
On 20 March 2026, a series of ड्रोन attacks set ablaze the Mina Al‑Ahmadi refinery. The incident occurred against a backdrop of heightened tension in the Gulf, where Iran has been accused of launching hostile missile and drone operations against several Gulf states.
मुख्य विकास
- Multiple hostile ड्रोन strikes hit the Mina Al‑Ahmadi refinery, igniting fires but causing no casualties.
- Kuwait’s army reported that air‑defences were actively engaging “hostile missile and ड्रोन threats”.
- Bahrain’s interior ministry said shrapnel from an “ईरानी आक्रमण” sparked a fire at a warehouse, with no injuries reported.
- The United Arab Emirates’ state media warned of incoming missile and ड्रोन threats from Iran.
- The Revolutionary Guards claimed to have targeted US forces at the Al‑Dhahra air base and sites in Israel with missiles and ड्रोन.
- Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry said its forces intercepted and destroyed more than a dozen hostile ड्रोन unit