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What we know so far, the US And Israel have launched a series of coordinated strikes on Iran, which the Pentagon is calling Operation Epic Fury.

President Donald Trump says major combat operations aim to annihilate Iran's naval sites and has vowed the regime will never have a nuclear weapon.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard says it has retaliated by launching drones and missiles against Israel and US Bases in the region.

Blasts have been heard in the United Arab Emirates, in Jordan, in Bahrain and in Kuwait.

Now, as we've heard, blasts have been reported in countries across the Gulf as Iran launches retaliatory strikes.

Saudi Arabia says Iran carried out attacks on the United Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan and Kuwait.

The There have been reports of explosions and sirens across the region as missile defenses spring into action.

Iran always threatened to target US Bases in the region if Washington launched an attack on its territory.

We can now speak to journalist Diana Sankar, who is in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi and Yana.

There were reports of blasts heard in Abu Dhabi.

Yes, this has been a quite a shocking incident for many, though a lot of people have been expecting, we were praying this war will not happen.

A lot of people don't want it, but this has happened.

And as initially, I can tell you personally because I am in Abu Dhabi, I saw and I heard some big bang kind of explosions outside my balcony.

Initially, I didn't understand what it was.

And then we started getting messages from people, all of them confirming that there was this, you know, explosive noises that they heard.

People was not sure because with this escalation that we see between these two countries, I don't think many people expected that Iran will directly strike Abu Dhabi.

And they have been threatening that if there is a military confrontation, direct confrontation by Israel, Israel or us, they will retaliate and all the US bases in the Gulf countries will be legitimate target.

But what is striking is it is not just one isolated strike.

As I said, there was a series of explosions that I heard.

And later the Ministry of Defense and UAE authorities confirmed that there was a barrage of ballistic missile attacks on Abu Dhabi.

They intercepted most of them, but there was one casualty reported.

I think it's the first one in this conflict, which is a clear indication that the Gulf countries are not just going to be neutral observers.

They are not just going to play diplomacy.

They have been directly dragged into this conflict the airspace have been closed in most of the Gulf countries.

UAE civil defense authorities have announced the closure.

And at least one person, according to the UAE authorities and Asian national, we don't know the exact details who, but

there is one casualty, one death through this.

So I understand as a journalist who have been covering conflicts, is that Iran by declaring this direct conflict directly attacking them.

These are not non state actors attacking the Gulf countries.

This is a state level direct Iran's ballistic missile attack across the borders into the Gulf states.

And this is rapidly moving from an isolated strike and it's spilling into multiple states into in the Gulf region.

The journalist Anyana Sanka there in Abu Dhabi.

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