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Key infrastructure throughout the Gulf was targeted by Iran on Sunday, with reports of damage at civilian sites in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Kuwait.

The Gulf nations have endured multiple drone and missile attacks from Iran as a reaction to US and Israeli strikes against the Islamic Republic, which started at the end of February.

Iran has struck energy and other industrial facilities in the oil-abundant Gulf countries, alleging that its neighbors have permitted US forces to conduct attacks from their soil.

The countries in the Gulf have strongly refuted the claims.

Iranian drones launched attacks on Sunday, causing “serious” damage to Kuwaiti oil and petrochemical facilities, according to the state-run petroleum company.

The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation stated that several facilities belonging to its subsidiary, the Petrochemical Industries Company, were hit during the attack, which “led to fires breaking out at multiple locations and caused significant financial losses.”

Previously, Kuwait’s ministry of electricity and water stated that two power and water desalination facilities were harmed by a drone strike originating from Iran, resulting in “substantial material damage and the closure of two electricity generation units.”

In Kuwait City, the finance ministry reported that an Iranian drone strike resulted in “significant” damage to a government structure, although “no human fatalities were noted.”

The conflict has expanded throughout the Middle East, with Iran’s strikes on Gulf energy facilities and its successful blocking of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital international shipping route, causing major disruptions to the global economy.

Previously, officials in Abu Dhabi mentioned that they were dealing with fires at a petrochemical facility located in Ruwais Industrial City on the UAE’s northwest coast.

“Authorities are dealing with several fires at the Borouge petrochemical plant, triggered by falling debris after successful air defense system interceptions,” said the media office of the Gulf emirate.

“The facility’s operations have been halted right away as damage is evaluated. No injuries have been confirmed,” it stated following the United Arab Emirates’ defense ministry’s earlier announcement that it was addressing missile and drone attacks.

Iran’s armed forces stated that they were striking “aluminum industries” in the UAE and U.S. military facilities in Kuwait, according to a report from the official IRNA news agency on Saturday.

Iran has consistently targeted civilian facilities in Gulf nations, while US-Israeli strikes against Iran have also affected critical economic assets.

On Saturday, an attack targeting a petrochemical facility in southwestern Iran resulted in the deaths of five individuals, according to the deputy governor of Khuzestan province.

On Sunday in Bahrain, the national energy company reported that an Iranian drone strike caused a fire at a storage tank, which was subsequently put out.

“Bapco Energies acknowledges that an incident took place at one of its storage sites this morning, leading to a tank fire caused by a hostile Iranian drone attack,” the company stated, without revealing the site of the fire.

It mentioned that the damage was under evaluation and no injuries had been reported.

Iran’s growing threats have also targeted desalination facilities that the arid Gulf nations depend significantly on for their water needs.

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