🚀 Iran’s retaliatory strikes shattered Gulf infrastructure - but Arab states downplayed damage

Despite official claims that damage came only from falling debris, Iran’s missiles and drones repeatedly disabled critical pieces of equipment, according to a Reuters analysis.

Iran’s retaliatory strikes, along with those of Iran-aligned forces, inflicted damage across Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and Iraq, according to strike footage, satellite imagery, official data, and interviewed sources.

Key results of strikes include:

🌏 Fujairah port (UAE): Hit at least 19 times, with destroyed oil-routing matrix manifolds and tanks that crippled loadings for weeks

🌏 Qatar’s Ras Laffan LNG plant: Struck two “cold boxes” that liquefy gas; repairs estimated at 3–5 years

🌏 Emirates Global Aluminium Al Taweelah smelter: Power plant and a full smelting line hit in one day, shutting all 1,262 cells (full production not expected before 2027)

🌏 Saudi oil system: Five of nine biggest refineries damaged; East-West Pipeline pumping stations hit

🌏 other notable targets: airports struck in Bahrain, Kuwait, the UAE and Saudi Arabia; multiple power and desalination plants; UAE’s Barakah nuclear power plant, where an electrical substation was hit, forcing one of its four reactors onto emergency diesel generators; various gas complexes, refineries and industrial sites

Gulf governments often downplayed the toll and restricted imagery, yet high-value hits left facilities facing billions in repairs and prolonged outages.

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