{"id":6306,"date":"2026-07-18T09:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T09:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=6306"},"modified":"2026-07-18T09:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T09:17:10","slug":"iranian-media-claims-missile-strike-targeted-prince-sultan-air-base-in-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=6306","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Media Claims Missile Strike Targeted Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RIYADH:<\/strong> Iranian state media, citing unnamed sources, has claimed that <strong>Prince Sultan Air Base<\/strong> in <strong>Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia<\/strong>, was targeted in a missile attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Iranian media reports, the air base had been hosting <strong>U.S. Air Force aerial refueling tanker aircraft<\/strong>, which it alleged were used to support recent American military operations against Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reports described the base as a key facility involved in providing logistical support for U.S. air operations. However, no independent confirmation of the reported strike or its impact has been provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, <strong>Saudi Civil Defense<\/strong> said that the threats to <strong>Yanbu<\/strong> and <strong>Al Kharj<\/strong> had been resolved, without providing further details on the nature of the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of now, there has been <strong>no official confirmation from Saudi authorities or the United States<\/strong> verifying the Iranian media&#8217;s claim that the air base was struck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The situation remains developing, and further official information is awaited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RIYADH: Iranian state media, citing unnamed sources, has claimed that Prince Sultan Air Base in Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia, was targeted in a missile attack&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438255_1176183_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438255_1176183_updates-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438255_1176183_updates-1-300x171.jpg",300,171,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438255_1176183_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438255_1176183_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438255_1176183_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438255_1176183_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=7\" rel=\"category\">World<\/a>","tag_info":"World","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6310,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6306\/revisions\/6310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}