Iran’s IRGC had previously said they had attacked radar systems in places such as Al-Kharj, home of the Prince Sultan base.
Posted on March 8, 2026
At least two people were killed after a projectile landed on a residential location in the city of Al-Kharj in Saudi Arabia, Saudi authorities said, as Iranian counterattacks against Gulf nations hosting US military assets entered their second week.
The Saudi civil defense said in a post on
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had previously said it had attacked radar systems in places such as the Al-Kharj governorate, which is home to the Prince Sultan air base used by US forces, and has been the target of repeated attacks over the past week in the US-Israel war against Iran.
Al Jazeera’s Laura Khan reported from Doha that the projectile had landed on a residential site belonging to a maintenance and cleaning company.
“This is becoming very volatile and dangerous for people across the Gulf,” he said. “It is really important to emphasize that more than 200 nationalities live and work in the Gulf nations. Many of them could be workers.”
On Sunday, the Saudi Defense Ministry reported intercepting 15 drones, including an attempted attack in the diplomatic quarter of the capital, Riyadh.
Meanwhile, Kuwait said an attack hit fuel tanks at its international airport and Bahrain reported that a water desalination plant had been damaged.
Sunday’s attacks came after Israeli warplanes struck five oil facilities around the Iranian capital, killing several people, according to a state oil executive, and blanketing the city in acrid smoke.
An IRGC spokesman said Iran would retaliate if US and Israeli attacks on its energy infrastructure did not stop.
“If you can tolerate oil at more than $200 a barrel, continue this game,” the spokesman said.
As the war stretched into its ninth day, the IRGC said it had enough supplies to continue drone and missile strikes across the Middle East for up to six months.
Ahmed Aboul Gheit, secretary general of the Arab League, said Iran’s attacks on several member states were “reckless,” and urged Tehran to reverse what he called a “massive strategic mistake.”
Iran’s Health Ministry said on Sunday that at least 1,200 civilians had been killed and around 10,000 wounded since the United States and Israel launched their war against Iran on February 28.
