Iran has struck countries across the region, including Bahrain, UAE and Saudi Arabia (Image: Getty)
A total of 11 countries so far have reportedly been hit by Iranian missiles or drones since the war erupted six days ago. These include Israel, Iraq and Cyprus, where Defence Secretary John Healey arrived on Thursday amid fierce criticism of the UK’s response to the conflict.
The Islamic Republic has focused attacks on US bases across the region since the war erupted on Saturday (February 28), but energy infrastructure and civilian sites have also been struck. As of Thursday afternoon, Iran targeted Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Cyprus and Azerbaijan. One drone hit RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus at midnight on Sunday, with two more intercepted en route to the base a day later.
This map shows the countries Iran has hit (Image: Daily Express)
State news in Oman reported that the country’s Duqm port was targeted by two drones on the same day, injuring one person.
Jordanian officials said the country’s armed forces shot down ballistic missiles while drones hit the US embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday. Aramco’s Ras Tanura refinery was also targeted by drones.
Bahrain has also seen Iranian strikes, including a missile attack on the US Navy’s 5th Fleet base. In Iraq, three drones were said to have been shot down over Irbil airport, where US-led coalition troops are based.
A security official with Iraq’s navy said an oil tanker flying the Bahamas flag was hit on Thursday while it was docked near Khor al-Zubair port in southern Iraq.
Kuwait’s Ali Al-Salem airbase was targeted by ballistic missiles, which the country’s military said were intercepted. Three US warplanes were shot down over Kuwait in what is believed to have been a friendly fire incident.
Iran has also hit Dubai International Airport and The Palm Hotel in the United Arab Emirates. The Islamic Republic targeted Qatar, with strikes reported on a giant gas plant.
On Thursday, Azerbaijan’s foreign ministry accused Iran of a drone attack on its territory, saying two civilians were injured. The number of those reported injured later rose to four. Iran denied the allegation.
While a number of countries have been targeted by Iran, Israel – which launched the war on Iran along with the US – has borne the brunt of the Islamic Republic’s firepower.
Iran launched Khorramshahr-4 missiles in an attack targeting Israel on Thursday, according to the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
Hezbollah, one of Iran’s proxies in the region, launched missiles and drones into Israel on Monday. Israel retaliated by bombarding southern Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs, where Hezbollah maintains a stronghold.
Besides countries reported to have been hit by Iranian strikes, on Wednesday Ankara said NATO defences intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Iran before it entered Turkey’s airspace.
The US and Israel have battered Iran with nationwide strikes, targeting their military capabilities, leadership and nuclear program.
In one of its latest attacks, the US said it sank an Iranian submarine near Sri Lanka as the US-Israeli war on Iran spread to the Indian Ocean on Wednesday.
The war has killed at least 1,230 people in Iran, more than 70 in Lebanon and around a dozen in Israel, according to officials in those countries. Six US troops have been killed to date.
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