Doha, Qatar: Sirens went off at Turkiye’s Incirlik airbase, located near the southeastern city of Adana, according to Turkish state news agency Anadolu.
Quoting the Ekonomim business news website, Al Jazeera said the sirens at the airbase, which is a key NATO facility that hosts US troops, went off around 3:25am (0025 GMT) for around five minutes.
Two people have been killed in Oman after the downing of a drone in Sohar province, Oman’s state news agency is reporting.
According to AFP, Saudi forces intercepted a drone targeting Riyadh's Diplomatic Quarter housing foreign embassies, the defence ministry said on Friday.
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2:58pm Doha Time
Qatar Tourism extends hotel stays for stranded visitors until March 14
Qatar Tourism has announced that the temporary hotel stay extensions provided to visitors affected by recent travel disruptions will remain in place until March 14, 2026. In a post on social media, Qatar Tourism said the extension will allow guests additional time to make the necessary travel arrangements to return to their home destinations. Read more
Qatar Tourism has announced that the temporary hotel stay extensions provided to visitors affected by recent travel disruptions will remain in place until 14 March 2026, allowing guests additional time to make the necessary travel arrangements to return to their home… pic.twitter.com/SqtVpaGFaY
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12:59pm Doha Time
Turkish-owned ship clears Strait of Hormuz with Iran’s permission: Turkish minister
Turkiye’s Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu says a Turkish-owned ship has passed the Strait of Hormuz after receiving approval from Iran.
According to Al Jazeera, Uraloglu was quoted by local media as saying the ship is one of 15 Turkish-owned vessels waiting near Iran that Ankara has been in contact with Tehran about.
“Fifteen ships (with Turkish owners) were there; we obtained permission from the Iranian authorities for one of them, which had used an Iranian port, and it passed,” Uraloglu said, according to news website Haberturk.
12:29pm Doha Time
Four crew killed in US refuelling aircraft crash
US CENTCOM has announced that four out of the six crew on board one of its refuelling aircraft that crashed in western Iraq have died, Al Jazeera reports.
10:00am Doha Time
Two killed by drone debris in Oman
Two people have been killed in Oman after the downing of a drone in Sohar province, Oman’s state news agency is reporting.
Citing a security source, Al Jazeera said the drone came down in the al-Awahi industrial area, causing injuries in addition to the two deaths of expat workers.
Another drone was also downed in Sohar province, the agency reported.
9:45am, Doha Time
Sirens sound at Turkiye’s Incirlik airbase
Sirens went off at Turkiye’s Incirlik airbase, located near the southeastern city of Adana, according to Turkish state news agency Anadolu.
Quoting the Ekonomim business news website, Al Jazeera said the sirens at the airbase, which is a key NATO facility that hosts US troops, went off around 3:25am (0025 GMT) for around five minutes.
9:01am Doha Time
Saudis down drone targeting Riyadh's Diplomatic Quarter: defence ministry
There was no immediate official comment on the incident.
Saudi forces intercepted a drone targeting Riyadh's Diplomatic Quarter housing foreign embassies, the defence ministry said on Friday.
According to AFP, the "hostile drone" was downed "during an attempt to approach the Diplomatic Quarter", the ministry posted on X. Three more drones were intercepted elsewhere in Saudi Arabia around the same time, the ministry said.
