An Iranian suicide drone has reportedly struck a tower block in Bahrain, hours after strikes targeted a major US naval base in the state.

Video footage shows a huge fireball erupting towards the top of the high-rise building, with debris scattering and falling onto the surrounding area below.

It is now known at this stage if there are any casualties.

The famous Palm Jumeirah Fairmont Hotel in Dubai has been struck by an Iranian suicide drone.

Videos posted on social media show the building, which is popular with tourists on fire, with plumes of smoke billowing into the sky.

It comes as explosions have rocked the United Arab Emirates as Iran launched retaliatory missile strikes following the joint US-Israel attack on Tehran earlier today.

According to Dubai’s media office, four people were injured in the strike.

The world awoke to the outbreak of major conflict in the Middle East today, after the US and Israel launched joint ‘pre-emptive strikes’ against Iran. This prompted a widespread response from the Islamic nation, which has seen violence unfold in countries across the Middle East.

So far today:

• The US and Israel launched joint strikes against military and political leaders in Iran, dubbing them ‘pre-emptive’ to prevent Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon;
• Iran has hit back, sending missiles to Israel, as well as targeting US bases and other assets in the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Dubai, Jordan and Kuwait;
• Missiles have also struck US-Israeli targets in Lebanon and Iraq;
• There are reports the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards has been killed, while Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was also targeted – his condition is unknown;
• Global leaders have urged restraint while reiterating that Iran must not gain a nuclear weapon;
• Reports suggest Iran is telling vessels that a major shipping lane, the Strait of Hormuz, is closed;
• A luxury hotel in the heart of Dubai has been hit with an Iranian suicide drone, injuring four people.

Ships have been reportedly blocked from passing through the world’s most vital route for exporting oil by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, in retaliation for joint Israel-US air strikes targeting the regime.

The Strait of Hormuz connects the biggest Gulf oil producers, such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates, with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea.

However vessels have been receiving VHF transmission from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards saying ‘no ship is allowed to pass the Strait of Hormuz’, an official from the European Union’s naval mission Aspides said on Saturday.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Iran had not formally confirmed any such order.

Tehran has for years threatened to block the narrow waterway in retaliation for any attack on the Islamic Republic.

Video footage appears to show an Iranian strike hitting close to the world’s tallest building.

A black object could be seen falling through the air near to the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, before a large cloud of smoke was seen rising from the ground.

Earlier, Dubai authorities announced that the building had been evacuated as a precaution.

In a letter to the UN Security Council, Iran has asked the body to intervene in the escalating conflict between Iran and the US and Israel.

In a letter to the council, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Israel and the US had violated international law in attacking Iran and promised retaliation.

He added: ‘The United States and the Israeli regime shall bear full and direct responsibility for all ensuing consequences, including any escalation arising from their unlawful actions.

‘All bases, facilities and assets of the hostile forces in the region shall be regarded as legitimate military objectives within the framework of Iran’s lawful exercise of self-defence.’

The UN Security Council is scheduled to meet today.

Jordan’s armed forces said they had successfully intercepted 13 ballistic missiles since Saturday morning in an operation that resulted in damage but no casualties.

‘The armed forces engaged 49 drones and ballistic missiles targeting Jordanian territory today,’ a military source said in a statement, adding that ’13 ballistic missiles were successfully intercepted by Jordanian air defence systems, while drones were shot down’.

The statement said ‘the interception operation resulted in material damage but no casualties’.

A military official previously said the armed forces had shot down two missiles.

The Jordanian Public Security Directorate said the civil defence and police personnel had dealt with ’54 reports resulting from falling objects and debris in the governorates of the capital, Zarqa, Jerash, Madaba, Irbid and West Balqa’.

The IDF has said that Iran may have launched ballistic missiles with cluster bomb warheads.

The weapons, which were previously fired during Israel’s conflict with Iran in June 2025, open up while descending on their targets and spread around 20 smaller munitions.

The explosives total 2.5kg in weight and are deployed to a radius of about five miles, or eight kilometres.

The UK Maritime Trade Operations agency has said it has had multiple reports from vessels operating in the Gulf saying they had received messages on the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

There was no immediate confirmation from Iran.

The strait is the world’s most vital oil export route and connects the biggest Gulf oil producers, such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates, with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea.

Earlier n official from the European Union’s naval mission Aspides said on Saturday that vessels have been receiving VHF transmission from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards saying ‘no ship is allowed to pass the Strait of Hormuz’.

The official said Iran had not formally confirmed any such order. Tehran has for years threatened to block the narrow waterway in retaliation for any attack on the Islamic Republic.

Last year, a third of worldwide oil exports transported by sea passed through the Strait of Hormuz.

After launching a massive military operation against Iran last night, Operation Epic Fury, President Trump delivered a message to Americans that wasn’t merely a regime change speech.

I’ve spent years arguing that the only durable solution to the threat from the Islamic Republic isn’t another nuclear deal, isn’t just another round of sanctions, and isn’t only another limited military strike that sets the program back by months or years.

It’s the end of the regime that has been waging war on America, Israel, and its own people for 46 years.

But that’s not exactly what Trump prioritized late Friday evening, and we need to be honest about what he did — and didn’t — say.

What he did do was set two clear and critical priorities.

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Pennsylvania’s Democratic Senator John Fetterman was full of praise for President Donald Trump after his decision to strike Iran on Saturday.

Fetterman expressed his support of Trump’s latest military operation targeting Iran on Fox & Friends.

‘You can put out tweets and statements to support peace. But to create real peace, you have to do these kinds of actions, just like happened, like last year to destroy their nuclear facilities.’

Trump’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities in Operation Midnight Hammer last June were said to have eliminated Iran’s nuclear capabilities.

‘Sometimes peace is possible after these kinds of steps, that’s why I support those things.’

Fetterman also blasted Republican Congressman Thomas Massie’s criticism of Trump’s campaign, saying it is illegal for a President to start a war without congressional approval.