Iran suicide drone smashes into skyscraper in Bahrain hours after blitz on Dubai hit famous Palm Jumeirah hotel - follow live updates

 

Iran suicide drone smashes into skyscraper in Bahrain hours after blitz on Dubai hit famous Palm Jumeirah hotel - follow live

updated 17:34 GMT 28 Feb 2026By ELIZABETH HAIGH, SENIOR NEWS REPORTER and OLIVIA ALLHUSEN, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER and KELLY LACO, US EXECUTIVE EDITOR, POLITICS and OLIVIA CHRISTIE, NEWS REPORTER

Iranian suicide drones have slammed into a tower block in Bahrain, hours after targeting the world famous Palm Jumeirah hotel in Dubai - as Tehran launches widespread revenge attacks across the Middle East following US airstrikes. 

Videos posted on social media show the high-rise building and iconic hotel ablaze after they were both hit by suspected Iranian drones in the states that are particularly popular with western expats.