Iran’s Fars News Agency, which operates under close ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, is reporting that Iranian ballistic missiles struck US military installations in Qatar and the UAE on July 9 and 10, 2026. Explosions at the targeted bases were described as ongoing at the time of publication.
The two sites named in the reports are Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar and Al Dhafra Air Base in the UAE.
How we got here
This escalation does not come out of nowhere. The current conflict traces back to US and Israeli strikes on Iranian military and nuclear facilities in February 2026, which Tehran vowed to answer with force.
Iranian retaliatory attacks began in the weeks following those February strikes and continued through June 2026, establishing a pattern of Iranian targeting of Gulf states that host American forces.
