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March 10 (Reuters) - ‌Here are statistics released by ​Gulf defence ministries and militaries on drones and ⁠missiles that Iran has fired at their territories since the start of the ​U.S.-Israeli air war against Iran, as of ‌March 9:

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Ballistic missiles:

* 253 ballistic missiles detected * 233 intercepted * 18 fell into the sea * 2 landed ⁠on UAE territory

Drones:

* 1,440 drones detected * ⁠1,359 intercepted * 81 fell within UAE territory

Cruise missiles: 

8 detected and destroyed

QATAR

Ballistic missiles: 

* 127 ballistic missiles detected * 118 intercepted

Drones: 

* 63 drones detected * 47 drones intercepted

Cruise missiles: 

* 7 cruise ‌missiles detected and intercepted

Aircraft: 

* 2 Sukhoi SU-24 aircraft ⁠detected and intercepted

BAHRAIN

Missiles: 

* 105 missiles ‌destroyed

Drones: 

* 176 drones destroyed

KUWAIT

Ballistic ​missiles:

* 120 ballistic missiles detected * 17 intercepted between March 6-9, no data availablebefore

Drones:

* 308 ‌drones detected * 22 intercepted between March ​6-9

Kuwait reported ⁠missile and drone attacks from March ‌2-5 but gave ⁠no specific data. No data was available for Saudi Arabia and Oman. 

(Reporting by Andrew Mills ​in Doha and ‌Anna Hirtenstein in London; Additional reporting by ⁠Muhammad El Gebaly ​in Cairo. Editing by Nivedita Bhattacharjee ​and Matthew Lewis)

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