Drone attack

Netanyahu, Mossad met with UAE's president during war, Iran said ‘frighteningly close’ to nukes

UAE Foreign Ministry denies Netanyahu visit took place • Third round of Israel-Lebanon talks set for Thursday • Xi warns Taiwan issue can push ties with US to 'dangerous place'

Smoke rises following an Israeli strike in Kfar Tebnit, Lebanon, May 11, 2026.
 A drone is seen during a military exercise in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on October 4, 2023.

‘The threat is manageable’: IDF downplays Hezbollah drone campaign

SMOKE RISES from southern Lebanon, as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Lebanon border, in northern Israel, May 6, 2026.

WATCH: Israel hits Hezbollah terror infrastructure in southern Lebanon

Modern drone

IDF testing counter-drone technologies ahead of security meeting on rising drone threat


Aliyev calls Iranian drone strike on Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan a ‘terrorist act’

Two drones struck the airport and an area near a school in Azerbaijan’s exclave. Baku condemned the attack and summoned Iran’s ambassador.

Drone strikes an airport in Azerbaijan.

Kyiv’s drone war could help defend US, allies from Iranian threat

On Thursday, the Financial Times reported that the US and at least one unnamed Gulf country are in talks to buy Ukrainian interceptor drones

STING FPV interceptor drone is displayed at an exhibition of Ukrainian drone makers in an undisclosed location in Ukraine

UAE air defenses intercepted Iranian missiles and drones

Also on Thursday, Azerbaijan announced on Thursday that it was preparing unspecified retaliatory measures after it said four Iranian drones flew across its border and injured four people.

Smoke from a reported rocket interception is seen in the sky over in Dubai on February 28, 2026.

Iranian drones hits CIA station at US embassy in Riyadh, 'Washington Post' reports

There was no mention of any CIA personnel being wounded, with the attack on the embassy the latest in a series of Iranian attacks across the Gulf states.

A graphic showing a Central Intelligence Agency logo on a phone in front of a US flag.

Iran strikes push Gulf states toward US and Israel, ex-US adviser says

Israel isn’t the only target in this war. Iran has fired hundreds of missiles and drones at neighboring Arab countries, striking critical infrastructure and civilian targets.

 A view of Burj Khalifa, after an Iranian attack, following United States and Israel strikes on Iran, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 1, 2026

Drones define Israel’s military edge during Operation Roaring Lion

As Operation Roaring Lion unfolds, Israel Air Force's unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have emerged as the backbone of its air strategy far, from Israel's borders

Elbit Systems' Hermes 900 over Iran

New LUCAS attack drones make first operational appearance in Operation Epic Fury

The suicide drones are reverse engineered Shahed-136 Iranian drones and "are now delivering American-made retribution"

CENTCOM's Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones.

The cognitive edge: Israel is merging mind and machine to defeat the Iranian swarm- opinion

Israel is developing brain-computer interfaces that let soldiers control drone swarms with thought, aiming to outsmart Iran’s mass-attack strategy.

 An Iranian drone is displayed during the National Army Day parade ceremony in Tehran, Iran, April 18, 2025.

Ukraine to cover 4,000 km of roads with anti-drone nets by year-end

Nets can snag propellers and prevent drones from reaching their targets - high-value equipment, soldiers or civilians.

Ukrainian servicemen ride in a vehicle on a road covered with anti-drone net, in the frontline town of Kostiantynivka

Bumblebee joins expanding US counter‑drone system arsenal

Multirotor drone hunts down and directly collides with hostile drones to neutralize it

Bumblebee V2 counter-UAS system