Number of Iranian missiles and drones fired at Gulf countries

March 10 - Here are statistics released by Gulf ​defence ministries and militaries on drones ‌and missiles that Iran has fired at their territories since the start of the U.S.-Israeli ​air war against Iran, as ​of March 9:

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Ballistic missiles:

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• 253 ⁠ballistic missiles detected

• 233 intercepted

• 18 fell ​into the sea

• 2 landed on UAE territory

Drones:

• 1,440 ​drones detected

• 1,359 intercepted

• 81 fell within UAE territory

Cruise missiles:

8 detected and destroyed

QATAR

Ballistic missiles:

• 127 ballistic missiles ​detected

• 118 intercepted

Drones:

• 63 drones detected

• 47 drones intercepted

Cruise ​missiles:

• 7 cruise missiles detected and intercepted

Aircraft:

• 2 Sukhoi SU-24 ‌aircraft ⁠detected and intercepted

BAHRAIN

Missiles:

• 105 missiles destroyed

Drones:

• 176 drones destroyed

KUWAIT

Ballistic missiles:

• 120 ballistic missiles detected

• 17 intercepted between March 6-9, no data available before

Drones:

• 308 drones detected

• 22 ​intercepted between ​March ⁠6-9

Kuwait reported missile and drone attacks from March 2-5 ​but gave no specific data. No ​data ⁠was available for Saudi Arabia and Oman.

Reporting by Andrew Mills in Doha ⁠and ​Anna Hirtenstein in London; ​Additional reporting by Muhammad El Gebaly in Cairo. ​Editing by Nivedita Bhattacharjee and Matthew Lewis

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