Overview
- UAE officials joined an extraordinary GCC–EU and regional leaders’ video meeting, with Sheikh Saif bin Zayed saying the country faced more than 1,700 incoming missiles and drones while stressing restraint and the right to self‑defense.
- Bahrain’s military reported intercepting 95 ballistic missiles and 164 drones and documented damage to a desalination plant from a drone strike on civilian infrastructure.
- The U.S. Embassy in Ankara ordered non‑essential staff to leave the Adana consulate as Turkey and NATO air defenses intercepted an Iranian ballistic projectile in Turkish airspace and Ankara deployed F‑16s and air defenses to Northern Cyprus.
- International condemnation and solidarity widened with calls from leaders in Germany, Spain, Ecuador and Vietnam, alongside an Arab Parliament message backing UAE measures and urging an immediate halt to escalation.
- Iran announced Mojtaba Khamenei as Supreme Leader after the reported killing of Ali Khamenei, while analysts and UN officials warn the widening conflict is diverting aid from Gaza and disrupting oil and shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.