One dead as Iranian missiles strike wealthy Gulf

Al Udeid includes the forward elements of CENTCOM, the regional US military command, as well as its air forces and special operations forces.

Iran fired missiles at Al Udeid last June after US strikes targeted Iranian nuclear facilities during a brief war with Israel.

The UAE said it reserved the right to respond to the Iranian attacks, slamming them as a “dangerous escalation”. Several missiles were intercepted, it said.

“The United Arab Emirates was subjected today to a blatant attack by Iranian ballistic missiles,” the UAE defence ministry said.

“The UAE’s air defences responded with high efficiency and successfully intercepted a number of the missiles.”

Abu Dhabi also hosts US forces at the Al Dhafra base. Meanwhile, witnesses in Dubai also heard an explosion and saw missiles streak across the sky.

“It was a big explosion and it made the windows shake,” one witness told AFP, requesting anonymity, echoing a similar account from another Dubai resident.