Drone attack

Amid rumors of renewed war, Iran may escalate attacks on UAE - analysis

It’s possible the drone attack on the UAE on May 17 was an Iranian message that it will increase its list of targets in the country.

Illustrative; An Emirates aircraft flies past plumes of smoke from an ongoing fire near Dubai International Airport in Dubai on March 16, 2026.
Residents clear debris from broken windows in a damaged apartment building following a Ukrainian drone attack in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Krasnogorsk, in the Moscow region, Russia May 17, 2026.

Ukraine launches biggest drone attack on Moscow in over a year

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump are seen shaking hands at a press conference in 2025.

Trump, Netanyahu discuss Iran, IED wounds four IDF soldiers in southern Lebanon

IDF forces during the “Sulfur and Fire” readiness exercise on May 15, 2026.

One soldier killed in combat in southern Lebanon, IDF kills two Hezbollah terrorists in strikes


Two killed, 12 injured in Saudi Arabia after projectile falls on residential location

The two people killed were of Indian and Bangladeshi nationalities. The IRGC said earlier on Sunday that they targeted radar systems in locations including Saudi Arabia's Al-Kharj.

Smoke rises after an Iranian drone was intercepted over the Bahrain Financial Harbour towers, which houses the Israeli embassy, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Manama, Bahrain, March 6, 2026.

Israeli defense tech company SmartShooter begins trading on TASE

SmartShooter’s flagship SMASH systems use artificial intelligence (AI), computer vision, and machine learning to transform standard infantry rifles into precision-guided weapons

SMARTSHOOTER's SMASH 3000

Drone strikes UN building in Iraq, security sources say

Iraq has recently become a target of interest for Iran since Kurdish opposition groups began a ground offensive against Iran near the Iraqi border on Wednesday. 

An aircraft flies near RAF Akrotiri, a British sovereign base that was hit by a drone early on Monday, causing limited damage, in Cyprus, March 6, 2026.

President Trump honors six US soldiers killed by Iranian drone in Kuwait

The ceremony marked the return of the remains of the six service members who died Sunday when a drone struck a command center in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait, during Operation Epic Fury.

US President Donald Trump salutes as a US Army carry team moves a flagged-draped transfer case containing the remains of Sgt. Declan J. Coady at Dover Air Force Base on March 07, 2026 in Dover, Delaware.

Economic Asymmetry: Winning the cost-exchange war in anti-drone defense - opinion

The problem is that defenses are routinely sacrificing the most expensive parts of their systems in order to take down the cheapest of targets.

Visitors observe the Iranian Ministry of Defense’s display featuring the Shahed 136 drone during the 13th edition of Iraq’s Defense, Security, and Cybersecurity Exhibition (IQDEX) in Baghdad, Iraq April 19, 2025.

Erbil hotel hit by drone attack, security sources say

The drone attack, which came the same day as two other Erbil drone attacks, occured amid Kurdish concerns of being dragged into the Iran war.

A view of the Erbil Arjaan by Rotana hotel, in Erbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region on March 6, 2026.

Aliyev calls Iranian drone strike on Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan a ‘terrorist act’

Two drones struck the airport and an area near a school in Azerbaijan’s exclave. Baku condemned the attack and summoned Iran’s ambassador.

Drone strikes an airport in Azerbaijan.

Kyiv’s drone war could help defend US, allies from Iranian threat

On Thursday, the Financial Times reported that the US and at least one unnamed Gulf country are in talks to buy Ukrainian interceptor drones

STING FPV interceptor drone is displayed at an exhibition of Ukrainian drone makers in an undisclosed location in Ukraine

UAE air defenses intercepted Iranian missiles and drones

Also on Thursday, Azerbaijan announced on Thursday that it was preparing unspecified retaliatory measures after it said four Iranian drones flew across its border and injured four people.

Smoke from a reported rocket interception is seen in the sky over in Dubai on February 28, 2026.

Iranian drones hits CIA station at US embassy in Riyadh, 'Washington Post' reports

There was no mention of any CIA personnel being wounded, with the attack on the embassy the latest in a series of Iranian attacks across the Gulf states.

A graphic showing a Central Intelligence Agency logo on a phone in front of a US flag.