Gulf residents wake to attacks impacting energy sites as more passengers flee

Gulf nations are still repelling nightly attacks from Iran as the conflict moves into its 10th day.
Strikes were intercepted by air defenses in the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Qatar in the early hours of the day.

In Bahrain and Saudia Arabia, strikes raised fears of damage to energy infrastructure sites.
Bahrain’s national oil company declared force majeure on its operations after an attack on its refinery complex.
Saudi Arabia’s defense ministry, meanwhile, reported intercepting nine drones headed for the Shaybah oil field, two more east of the Al-Jawf northern region, and two ballistic missiles launched toward Prince Sultan Air Base — all between midnight and noon.

The danger persists amid an exodus of travelers, with Middle Eastern airlines resuming some flights and governments chartering evacuations after a near-paralysis in regional travel. Some residents outside the region, meanwhile, are eager to return home.
Stranded passengers continue to return home on flights from Dubai. Carl Parnell, who landed at London Heathrow late Sunday, recalled mistaking the sound of intercepted strikes for a moped while staying in his airport hotel during a two-day flight delay.

“I heard whirring, then an explosion. Some windows flexed — I thought they’d break,” he told CNN from his hotel balcony, adding that local workers are concerned of losing income if tourists stop coming.
Another batch of Qatar Airways flights via a limited corridor is scheduled in and out of Doha this week, as is a slew of Etihad flights in and out of Abu Dhabi.