The U.S.-Israeli targeting of Iran’s vast energy infrastructure has caused massive fires that are frightening spectacles, recalling the scenes of Kuwaiti oil fields burning after the U.S. invasion in 1991.

Two loud explosions were reported in Riyadh on Wednesday, according to the Associated Press. The blasts came shortly after residents in the capital received a “hostile threat” alert on their mobile phones.

The violence extended beyond the capital, with the Majnoon oil field in southern Iraq also targeted by drones.

Explosions sounded in Iran’s capital city Wednesday as its war with the U.S. and Israel entered a fifth day following earlier strikes on an

"Iranians are being asked to demonstrate moral clarity about a war that endangers them from two fronts," writes Nazanin Boniadi.

Explosions were heard in Iran early Monday as tensions continued to escalate amid US-Israeli attacks. Blasts were heard in the capital Tehran and the city of Karaj, Iran's semi-official Mehr News Agency reported on Telegram.

"The Israeli Air Force, acting on IDF intelligence, completed a wave of strikes targeting the Iranian terror regime’s infrastructure," the military said.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Explosions sounded in Iran's capital city Wednesday as its war with the U.S. and Israel entered a fifth day after earlier strikes on an Iranian nuclear site and retaliatory strikes by the Islamic Republic across the Gulf region.

A rapidly widening conflict gripped the Middle East as Iran launched strikes toward Israel and Gulf nations just hours after Israel killed two of Tehran’s top security figures. Explosions were reported across UAE and Qatar, interceptions in Saudi Arabia ...