Iran attacks energy infrastructure across UAE, Bahrain, and Kuwait

Critical infrastructure across the Gulf came under attack from Iran on Sunday (April 5, 2026), with damage reported at civilian facilities in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait.

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Gulf countries have faced repeated drone and missile salvos from Iran in response to U.S. and Israeli strikes on the Islamic republic that began at the end of February.

Iran has targeted energy and other industrial infrastructure in the oil-rich Gulf nations, accusing its neighbours of allowing U.S. forces to carry out attacks from their territory. The Gulf states have vehemently denied the accusations.

Attacks by Iranian drones on Sunday (April 5, 2026) resulted in “severe” damage to Kuwaiti oil and petrochemical facilities, the state petroleum company said.

The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said a number of facilities of its subsidiary Petrochemical Industries Company were targeted in the attack which “resulted in the outbreak of fires at several of these facilities and caused severe material damage”.

Earlier, Kuwait’s Electricity and Water Ministry said two power and water desalination plants were damaged by a drone attack from Iran, causing “significant material damage and the shutdown of two electricity-generating units”.

In Kuwait City, the Finance Ministry said an Iranian drone attack caused “extensive” damage to a government building, but “no human casualties were recorded”. Earlier, authorities in Abu Dhabi said they were battling fires at a petrochemical plant in Ruwais Industrial City on the UAE’s northwest coast.

“Operations at the facility have been immediately suspended while damage is assessed. No injuries have been reported,” the Gulf emirate’s media office said after the UAE’s Defence Ministry earlier said it was responding to missile and drone attacks.

Bahrain’s Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company said a fire at its operating units after an Iranian drone attack was brought under control. No injuries were reported.