Dubai: Smoke was seen rising from an area near the United States Consulate in Dubai, according to witness accounts cited by Reuters.

UAE’s Minister for Economy and Tourism Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri has announced that the UAE has opened safe air corridors in coordination with gulf countries, Gulf News reported.

Majed al-Ansari, the spokesperson of Qatar’s Foreign Ministry has stated that “Qatar has not been part of the campaign targeting Iran.”

Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said on Tuesday that the Lebanese army is evacuating some of its positions along the border with Israel.

Airstrikes targeting an air base in southeastern Iran killed at least 13 Iranian troops there, local media reported.

 The US State Department on Tuesday ordered the evacuation of non-emergency personnel and family in Bahrain and Jordan.

Iran hit the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia's capital with a drone strike early Tuesday as it kept striking targets around the region, while the United States and Israel pounded Iran with airstrikes in what US President Donald Trump suggested was just the start of a relentless campaign that could last more than a month.

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.