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Saudi Arabia said Tuesday it intercepted and shot down 26 drones in the Eastern Province since early morning as regional tensions continue to escalate.
The announcement was made in separate posts by the Saudi Defense Ministry on the social media platform X.
Hostilities have intensified since Israel and the United States launched joint attacks on Iran on Feb. 28, which have so far killed around 1,300 people, including then-Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, according to Iranian authorities.
Iran has retaliated with drone and missile strikes targeting Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Gulf countries hosting U.S. military assets, causing casualties and damage to infrastructure while disrupting global markets and aviation.
Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that Washington would have proceeded with its military campaign against Iran even if it had anticipated retaliatory strikes on Gulf countries.
“It’s not a question of like, ‘Gee, should you have known?’ And if we did know, big deal. I mean, we have to do what we have to do,” Trump said during an event at the White House.
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Referring to attacks across the Gulf, Trump said, “Saudi Arabia, all of a sudden, Kuwait. Kuwait is getting hit. Bahrain is getting … All these countries are getting hit,” adding that “there was no expert that would say that was going to happen.”
Trump also argued that U.S. strikes had significantly weakened Iran’s military capabilities.
“We hit them so hard, like nobody's ever been hit,” he said, claiming that Washington had destroyed “most of their missiles” and “extinguished most of their drones.”
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