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Gulf states have downplayed damage caused by Iranian strikes: Report

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Gulf states have downplayed the extent of damage caused by Iranian strikes, as reported by Reuters. The attacks, launched in retaliation for the US-Israeli attack on Iran, have targeted physical infrastructure such as pipelines, energy facilities, and nuclear energy plants. The report suggests that Gulf states have suppressed information about the damage, with the exception of Saudi Arabia, which acknowledged that a Houthi drone strike caused extensive damage to its Aramco headquarters. The report also highlights the sophistication of Iranian targeting, as evidenced by the attack on the UAE's Barakah nuclear energy plant. The report suggests that the Gulf states' official explanations for t…

Key points

  • Gulf states have downplayed the extent of damage caused by Iranian strikes.: Gulf states have downplayed the extent of damage caused by Iranian strikes.
  • The attacks were launched in retaliation for the US-Israeli attack on Iran.: The attacks were launched in retaliation for the US-Israeli attack on Iran.
  • The attacks targeted physical infrastructure such as pipelines, energy facilities, and nu…: The attacks targeted physical infrastructure such as pipelines, energy facilities, and nuclear energy plants.

Arabian Gulf monarchies have “suppressed” information about the extent of damage done to their physical infrastructure by attacks from Iran and its allies, Reuters reported on Thursday.

Gulf states such as Qatar, the UAE, Bahrain, and Kuwait faced thousands of missile and drone strikes launched by Iran in retaliation for the US-Israeli attack on the Islamic Republic on 28 February. More recently, Saudi Arabia has come under attack from the Houthis in Yemen.

The Houthis and Iran targeted civilian infrastructure like pipelines, energy facilities and, in one case, a nuclear energy plant.

Reuters' assessment is likely to cast new doubt on how Gulf states describe strikes on their territories. For example, Saudi Arabia’s energy ministry said that a Houthi drone strike caused a "limited fire" at the headquarters of the kingdom's national oil company, Aramco, in Dhahran.

But Reuters reported on Wednesday that the headquarters suffered “extensive damage”.

Original source: www.middleeasteye.net

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