Abrupt sounds of explosions, incandescent flashes and emergency alerts on phones – the Gulf countries have been living in a new reality since Tehran started attacking Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman following US-Israeli strikes on Iran.
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For residents and tourists in the region, this new reality was unimaginable only days ago, and what they were used to watching happening elsewhere has now engulfed their daily lives, to which they are quickly adapting by following the authorities’ instructions.
The governments of these countries quickly moved to inform, explain and reassure their populations, teaching them what to do and how to react to both the incoming attacks and the air defence operating.
An Iranian ballistic missile is intercepted in the sky by a mobile air defence system on the 1st of March, 2026. Ohad Zwigenberg/Copyright 2026 The AP. All rights reserved
Media outlets in Qatar and the UAE have quickly published accessible visual and informative guidelines to help people better understand what is happening and know how to stay safe.
Euronews’ correspondents in Doha and Dubai have put together the following digest
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