Chaos in the Gulf

海湾动乱

Today in Focus

2026-03-03

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After the US and Israel assassinated Iran’s Supreme leader, Tehran has hit back. Missiles have rained down on the Gulf. Will the region retaliate? Julian Borger reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • This is The Guardian.

  • Today, chaos in the Gulf as Iran's future hangs in the balance.

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  • This Saturday started like any other for Ed.

  • He has lived in Dubai for most of his life and says he's always felt completely safe there.

  • I've always seen it as like a mixture of the best parts of Europe and the best parts of America kind of squeezed into one.

  • And you don't feel like you're really, you don't feel like you're in the Middle East.

  • When he first heard the loud bangs at work on Saturday morning, he thought it was building work.

  • Then his friend showed him a text message.

  • It was from the UK Foreign Office warning of rocket attacks and telling them to seek shelter.

  • She was like, mate, it's all kicking off.

  • And then from there, it just kind of escalated.

  • We were getting told to stay put, to stay indoors, stay away from windows.

  • And within like an hour, it just went from zero to 100.

  • Ed was rushing back to his apartment when more rockets hit the anti-missile systems right above his head.