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LIVE UPDATE: Sirens sound at Turkiye’s Incirlik airbase

Published: 13 Mar 2026 - 09:58 am | Last Updated: 13 Mar 2026 - 10:08 am
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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.

Stay tuned for more updates

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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.