Dubai to Riyadh and beyond: How US-Israel strikes on Tehran triggered escalation across the Gulf
It all started with a joint United States-Israel military strike on Iran on Friday morning. Within hours, Iran launched a series of retaliatory missile and drone attacks on US military bases across the Gulf region. From Abu Dhabi in the UAE to Doha in Qatar, from Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, Manama in Bahrain and Amman…