{"id":108,"date":"2026-05-23T10:49:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T10:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlybirdstories.pics\/?p=108"},"modified":"2026-05-23T10:49:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T10:49:55","slug":"dangerous-escalation-in-the-persian-gulf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlybirdstories.pics\/?p=108","title":{"rendered":"Dangerous escalation in the Persian Gulf"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta\">Dangerous escalation in the Persian Gulf \u2013 Reports of attacks on US bases<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Iranian television, citing the military, has announced the launch of an attack on US bases in the Gulf region.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, Iran has hit military bases in the Persian Gulf, while local authorities in several countries have called on citizens to stay home and avoid any military areas.<\/p>\n<p>According to Reuters, a powerful explosion has been reported in Abu Dhabi, while the United Arab Emirates has closed its airspace.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It is reported that the Al Dhafra air base in the United Arab Emirates has been targeted with Iranian ballistic missiles, causing large explosions<\/h2>\n<p>It is reported that the Al Dhafra air base in the United Arab Emirates has been targeted with Iranian ballistic missiles, causing large explosions.<\/p>\n<p>In Manama (Bahrain), smoke has been reported in the Al Jafari area, where a US Fifth Fleet base is located, after an alleged Iranian attack.<\/p>\n<p>Qatar\u2019s Interior Ministry has called for shelter in place as a Patriot missile system reportedly intercepted a missile targeting the Al Udeid airbase. Authorities have announced the closure of the country\u2019s airspace.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Qatar\u2019s Defense Ministry said it had successfully repelled several attacks and that the country is on high alert<\/h2>\n<p>Qatar\u2019s Defense Ministry said it had successfully repelled several attacks and that the country is on high alert.<\/p>\n<p>According to Al Jazeera, powerful explosions were also heard in Kuwait, while authorities have urged citizens to stay home and not go out to work.<\/p>\n<p>The situation remains evolving and information is expected to be updated in the future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dangerous escalation in the Persian Gulf \u2013 Reports of attacks on US bases Iranian television, citing the military, has announced the launch of an attack on US bases in the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdstories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdstories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdstories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdstories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdstories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdstories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110,"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdstories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions\/110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdstories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdstories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdstories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlybirdstories.pics\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}