Iran fires missiles and drones at Gulf nations as ship crashes in Strait of Hormuz | War between the United States and Israel against Iran News

Tehran maintains daily pressure as it faces heavy attacks from the United States and Israel, as the UN Security Council prepares to vote on the GCC proposal calling on Iran to stop attacks on its neighbors.

Iran has fired missiles and drones at targets across the Gulf, including a US base in Kuwait, in what it called its 37th wave of attacks on day 12 of the US-Israel war against Iran. The attacks come as tensions rise over a global energy crisis, with a ship on fire in the Strait of Hormuz.

The United Nations Security Council will vote later in the day on a resolution sponsored by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) demanding that Iran stop attacking its Arab neighbors.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Wednesday it had fired four missiles at the headquarters of US forces in the Middle East, including two missiles aimed at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait.

Kuwaiti authorities did not confirm the reports. However, the country’s National Guard said eight drones targeting the country had been shot down.

In Qatar’s capital, Doha, several explosions were heard on Wednesday morning as Qatar’s Defense Ministry said the country’s military had intercepted a new missile attack aimed at the Gulf nation.

“A little west of the city, we saw interceptions – those clouds of smoke when the defensive weapons Qatar has make contact with incoming missiles,” Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi reported from Doha. “These have become a common feature not only here, but across the GCC.”

Saudi Arabia’s Defense Ministry said early Wednesday it had destroyed five drones headed toward the kingdom’s vast Shaybah oil field in the Empty Quarter desert. It added that it had intercepted and destroyed two drones in the Eastern Province.

In Bahrain, Iranian strikes injured dozens, including children, in Sitra near Manama, and a fire broke out at a Ma’ameer facility after a drone strike.

Earlier, a woman was killed and eight people were injured after a drone hit a residential building in Manama.

The United Arab Emirates also said it had responded to missile and drone threats from Iran.

Meanwhile, the United Kingdom’s Maritime Trade Operations said an unknown projectile had hit a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz, about 25 nautical miles (46 kilometers) northwest of the Ras Al-Khaimah emirate of the United Arab Emirates.

The British military said a cargo ship is on fire. The crew are evacuating and have requested help, UKMTO says.

Tensions over the Strait of Hormuz

Concerns are growing that the war could choke off traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital corridor for global oil and gas supplies, which has sent Brent crude up around 20 percent since the conflict began and is already driving up prices at pumps around the world.

The turmoil has rattled financial markets amid fears of a prolonged disruption to energy flows.

The U.S. military said Tuesday it had destroyed 16 Iranian minelayers near the Strait of Hormuz, although President Donald Trump said there were still no confirmed reports that Iran had begun mining the passage, a scenario that experts had flagged in the run-up to the war.

Amin Nasser, chairman and CEO of Saudi Arabian oil giant Aramco, warned Tuesday that if oil tankers continue to be unable to transit the strait, “that will have a serious impact on the global economy.”