Israel and the United States pounded Iran on Monday in an escalating campaign that US President Donald Trump said would likely take several weeks. Tehran and its allies hit back across the region, striking Israel and a variety of targets inside Gulf states, including energy facilities in Qatar and the American embassy in Saudi Arabia.

Small number flights will start operating from both Dubai International and Dubai World Central airport from this evening.

Days after air operations were disrupted due to airspace closure, Etihad Airways reportedly resumed limited operations on Monday, with eight passenger flights taking off from Abu Dhabi International Airport at 2:00 pm (GMT 11:00), according to global flight tracking service Flightradar24.

The power supply to Amazon’s cloud computing arm, Amazon Web Services (AWS)’s data centre facilities in the United Arab Emirates was temporarily shut down after objects struck the premises on Sunday causing sparks and a fire.

The Iranian Red Crescent Society said on Monday that the US-Israeli airstrike campaign targeting Iran has killed at least 555 people so far in the Islamic Republic.

Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura oil refinery came under attack on Monday from drones, the kingdom's defense ministry said, with authorities downing the incoming aircraft.

Several US warplanes crashed on Monday in Kuwait, the country's defence ministry said, with all the pilots safely bailing out.

Fire and smoke rose from inside the US Embassy compound in Kuwait after an attack on the small Mideast nation on Monday. Video obtained by The Associated Press showed the smoke with an alarm wailing.