The IRGC says the strikes are among its “first powerful steps” as it continues to attack US assets in Gulf countries.
Published March 4, 2026
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Wednesday it fired 230 drones at several facilities housing US troops in the Middle East, including a base in Erbil in northern Iraq and the Ali Al Salem air base and Camp Arifjan in Kuwait.
The IRGC said the strikes were among its “first powerful steps” in the war, even though Iran has attacked Gulf Arab states for days since Israel and the United States launched their coordinated offensive on Saturday.
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Kuwait’s Health Ministry said Wednesday that an 11-year-old girl died after being hit by falling shrapnel. “Resuscitation was carried out in the ambulance while the girl was being transported to the hospital, and attempts continued for almost half an hour after arriving at Al-Amiri Hospital. However, she died due to her injuries,” the ministry said in X.
In Iraq, Al Jazeera Arabic reported that a drone targeted a US Embassy logistics support facility in Baghdad, located near Baghdad International Airport. It came after a similar foiled drone attack on Tuesday near the airport, according to Iraq’s security media cell.
Two drones also targeted a US military base and a hotel in Erbil, in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, security sources told Reuters.
This comes after a building in Sulaimaniyah in the Iraqi Kurdish region was hit by a drone strike on Tuesday night. Images shared online and verified by Al Jazeera showed flames coming from a building amid reports of an explosion.
Saudi Arabia’s Defense Ministry said it intercepted and destroyed a drone in the country’s Eastern Province. He did not immediately provide further details about the origin of the drone or whether the incident caused any damage or casualties.
Attacks were also reported in the United Arab Emirates at the US consulate in Dubai and at a port in the city of Fujairah.
The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia and the U.S. consulate in the United Arab Emirates came under drone attacks on Tuesday, and the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday it had authorized non-emergency evacuations of government personnel.
Iran began attacking targets in Israel, as well as American military assets in the Gulf states, after the initial attacks between the United States and Israel on February 28 and the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Despite the drone bombing, Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi, reporting from Doha, the capital of Qatar, said the volume and frequency of attacks in the Gulf were declining.
However, “the thing is, it doesn’t take too many attacks to close airspace or cause disruption,” Basravi said.
“So even if Iran is able to maintain a low level of attacks, it will still be a problem for the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries caught in this conflict.”
