Day eight of the Iran war has opened with fresh missile and drone barrages slamming into Gulf states, as Tehran vows to keep “all American bases and their collaborators under fire” until strikes on Iranian soil stop, defence officials say.

Shortly before dawn, sirens wailed over Qatar, the UAE and Kuwait as radars picked up launches from western and southern Iran. Patriot and THAAD batteries in the Emirates and Qatar lit up the sky, intercepting waves of ballistic missiles and Shahed‑style drones aimed at airbases, desalination plants and energy hubs along the coast.

In the UAE, debris from an intercepted missile crashed into an industrial zone near Abu Dhabi, igniting warehouses and injuring foreign workers. Near Doha, at least one drone fragment struck close to Al Udeid Air Base, shattering windows and forcing flights to divert while engineers checked runways and fuel farms for damage. Kuwait reported “limited but visible” harm to a logistics yard serving US forces.

Tehran’s Revolutionary Guard is hailing the continued strikes as proof that its arsenal remains “fully operational” despite a week of punishing US‑Israeli air raids. Gulf governments, walking a tightrope between hosting US troops and avoiding direct war with Iran, are quietly pressing Washington for stronger defences—and a clear plan to stop the cycle.

As night falls on a region now used to distant booms and streaks of interceptor fire, one question hangs over Gulf capitals: are these day‑eight attacks a final bargaining chip—or the new normal in a conflict inching ever closer to their own front doors?