{"id":106668,"date":"2026-05-10T13:23:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T13:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/106668\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T13:23:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T13:23:23","slug":"us-iran-ceasefire-under-strain-as-gulf-states-report-drone-attacks-us-israel-war-on-iran-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/106668\/","title":{"rendered":"US-Iran ceasefire under strain as Gulf states report drone attacks | US-Israel war on Iran News"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fragile ceasefire<\/a> in the US-Israel war on Iran is coming under growing strain as several Gulf countries have reported drone attacks.<\/p>\n

Qatar said on Sunday that a drone struck a cargo ship in Qatari waters, sparking a fire, while Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates said they repelled drone attacks.<\/p>\n

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Though no Gulf country reported casualties in the latest attacks, they\u00a0have\u00a0put pressure on the fragile ceasefire, which took effect on April 8.<\/p>\n

Qatar\u2019s Ministry of Defence said the freighter had been arriving in the country\u2019s waters from the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, and was hit by a drone northeast of the port of Mesaieed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe vessel continued its journey toward Mesaieed Port after the fire was brought under control,\u201d the ministry said.<\/p>\n

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said a bulk carrier reported being struck by an \u201cunknown projectile\u201d, and a small fire had been extinguished, but there were no casualties from the incident. \u201cThere is no reported environmental impact,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

Kuwait\u2019s Defence Ministry said a \u201cnumber of hostile drones\u201d were detected in the country\u2019s airspace at dawn. In a post on X, a spokesperson said the drones were dealt with \u201cin accordance with established procedures\u201d, but did not specify where the drones were launched from.<\/p>\n

The UAE Defence Ministry said two Iranian drones were intercepted.<\/p>\n

\u201cUAE air defence systems successfully engaged two UAVs launched from Iran,\u201d the ministry said in a statement on X.<\/p>\n

Ceasefire tested<\/p>\n

The Trump administration has said the truce is still in effect, but a naval battle has been taking place in the Gulf region, with Iran restricting traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway through which a fifth of traded oil transited before the war, and the United States imposing a blockade of Iranian ports.<\/p>\n

Several attacks have been reported on ships in the Gulf and the countries in the region over the past week.<\/p>\n

On Friday, the US struck two Iranian oil tankers, saying they were trying to breach its blockade of Iran\u2019s ports.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the UAE said it came under attack<\/a> from Iranian missiles and drones for the second day in a row. Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), however, denied the claim.<\/p>\n

The IRGC Navy on Sunday reiterated its warning that any attack on Iranian oil tankers or commercial vessels would be met with a \u201cheavy assault\u201d on one of the bases in the region used by US forces and enemy ships.<\/p>\n

The spokesperson for the Iranian parliament\u2019s foreign policy and security committee, Ebrahim Rezaei, said Tehran\u2019s \u201crestraint is over\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny aggression against our vessels will be met with a heavy and decisive Iranian response against American vessels and bases,\u201d Rezaei wrote on X.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe clock is ticking against the Americans\u2019 interests; it is to their benefit not to act foolishly and sink themselves deeper into the quagmire they have fallen into. The best course is to surrender and concede concessions. You must get used to the new regional order,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Talks to end the war<\/p>\n

While the truce remains in effect, President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to resume the US bombardment if Iran does not accept a deal which includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz and rolling back its nuclear programme.<\/p>\n

Iran is still mulling its response to a 14-point proposal by Washington, with Iranian frozen assets and war reparations among other main sticking points.<\/p>\n

In a meeting with US Secretary of State Marc Rubio on Saturday, Qatar\u2019s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani pushed for all parties to respond to the ongoing mediation efforts and to reach an agreement for lasting peace.<\/p>\n

Qatar\u2019s prime minister also held a phone call with Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, the Qatari foreign ministry reported on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Sheikh Mohammed told Araghchi that Iran\u2019s use of the Strait of Hormuz as a \u201cpressure card\u201d would only deepen the crisis in the Gulf, and said all parties in the conflict should respond to mediation efforts to end the war.<\/p>\n

Reporting from Tehran, Al Jazeera\u2019s Tohid Assadi said when it comes to diplomatic engagement, it seems that the US and Iran want the content of any negotiations to remain private.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, there is a mixture of different sentiments among Iranian citizens, he noted.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince the early days of the war, people have gathered to show their sense of nationalism and support for the political establishment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we also know that there is a sense of frustration, especially when it comes to soaring prices and economic difficulties,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

At a meeting on the reconstruction after damage caused by the war, President Masoud Pezeshkian said negotiations with the US on ending the war do not mean Iran is surrendering.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal is to realise the rights of the Iranian people and defend national interests with authority,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fragile ceasefire in the US-Israel war on Iran is coming under growing strain as several Gulf countries…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[34,35,49,42,271,272,73],"class_list":{"0":"post-106668","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran","8":"tag-iran","9":"tag-kuwait","10":"tag-middle-east","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-qatar","13":"tag-united-arab-emirates","14":"tag-us-israel-war-on-iran"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116550500581647751","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}